tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78389396592320212892024-03-21T08:41:56.016-07:00LAKE WASHINGTON PALIMPSESTArtist Ellen Sollod has spent the last year, armed with a pinhole camera and audio recorder, creating a portrait of the Lake Washington shoreline.Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-31671140306582217302008-06-26T13:19:00.000-07:002008-07-22T17:08:18.860-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxtH1F44_eaz42sGqKS-nxvUaafT2ncXVbDD5BnO21TDSvyCC29WxVT6iX11aK4TW82yz3X3QGWZ9S3mv23C6-uB-EpVdu2GzZybS8GdVD3-ZaspOXv4sGDRo_IiNCndc0RxB7Amxr9U/s1600-h/Montlake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxtH1F44_eaz42sGqKS-nxvUaafT2ncXVbDD5BnO21TDSvyCC29WxVT6iX11aK4TW82yz3X3QGWZ9S3mv23C6-uB-EpVdu2GzZybS8GdVD3-ZaspOXv4sGDRo_IiNCndc0RxB7Amxr9U/s400/Montlake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216287888397231314" border="0" /></a>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-60077683761751114612008-06-25T13:27:00.000-07:002009-04-03T16:34:31.819-07:00<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >The 1917 completion of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and the Montlake Cut dramatically lowered Lake Washington. Shorelines were created; the Black River disappeared; routinely flooded places became dry and dry places, wet. Over the last year, I began researching this transformation, fascinated by the impact of man on the landscape. Like a palimpsest, the lake and wetlands were partially removed to make room for another text. Today, wetlands are reclaiming some of those areas and returning them to their earlier form. In others, man's encroachment remains.<br /><br />This is my attempt to reveal the illusive story of this intervention: my research, and a selection of pinhole photographs and soundscapes I composed in response to this altered landscape.</span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-89746481976381664412008-06-24T17:12:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:22:43.453-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgB9Os7d2V2j_wSKsInJz8fCznYGR1yxAn9PIr98ESwnnfTmNxFEOgYbFdHQAYPK_kiOcr4TW12Wu7zESm1gTSj2UVB7TjEPUamVUZyiOJ3ZfWAywjOs9Mg9cJkEY2aiohoj7wy1ltLo/s1600-h/HISTORICAL+CONDITIONS.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgB9Os7d2V2j_wSKsInJz8fCznYGR1yxAn9PIr98ESwnnfTmNxFEOgYbFdHQAYPK_kiOcr4TW12Wu7zESm1gTSj2UVB7TjEPUamVUZyiOJ3ZfWAywjOs9Mg9cJkEY2aiohoj7wy1ltLo/s400/HISTORICAL+CONDITIONS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576638146631346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyhpuVq6JjtJu1LGC22Feg-LiSE_Eq6Er9Y4is7dxN-gP1n_T6WGyDMrwv1GzNygLVVwRbc1hvByN0X2rd5Q0EWhsiDw7Ur3wnuA_-zO4jaOOjsKxeM7u0hQVtGUXiJJex_zawUM2gY8/s1600-h/HISTORICAL+CONDITIONS.jpg"><br /></a>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-39996568419300737652008-06-24T15:33:00.000-07:002008-07-22T18:55:25.796-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >TASK</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >FIND OVERLAY MAP</span><br /></span><ul style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">visit Seattle Public Library. Review Washington State history files. Find no map. Referred to UW.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">visit University of Washington Special Collection Map Room. Find maps pre1911 and post 1916. None have a street overlay. Referred to the Ballard Locks information desk.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">contact Locks referred to Museum of History and Industry (Mohai)<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">visit Mohai library and archives. Hit pay dirt. Find map prepared by USGS in 1983 that shows overlay of streets and shoreline, pre and post 1916. However, map cannot leave the premises. Take copious notes.<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">contact USGS and inquire about map. No response.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">contact USGS again several months later. Referred to USGS archives. Diane Garcia says she will try to get a copy for me. No luck. Refers me to Washington Geology Library.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lee Walking of Washington Geology Library has a copy but can't release it. Promises to make me a computer scan.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">It arrives with all the documentation.</span><br /></span></li></ul>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-73155182784406607452008-06-22T12:00:00.000-07:002008-09-06T15:58:48.474-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8M0lOVNE7u-HXL01XIUFdrz_uKeOwdTlqnoG43yZfbvo32vyXJvrfS5AnISsa5vuw83bO0UZv_xqmISNChtcdZxgxXE8BBQTJUxvC3AocoYIhV9e3Dp6-ygc20cnz7iqZTXBSZ2ky7c/s1600-h/map.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8M0lOVNE7u-HXL01XIUFdrz_uKeOwdTlqnoG43yZfbvo32vyXJvrfS5AnISsa5vuw83bO0UZv_xqmISNChtcdZxgxXE8BBQTJUxvC3AocoYIhV9e3Dp6-ygc20cnz7iqZTXBSZ2ky7c/s400/map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243046052476160722" border="0" /></a>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-89633118054263511132008-06-21T21:46:00.000-07:002009-04-03T16:36:18.291-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >TASK</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >FIND OUT WHEN, WHO, WHAT/WHY*</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Short Version</span><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">1861-1917 (56 years) Begun by</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Harvey Pike; completed by Hiram Chittenden; Commerce (aka Greed).</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Long Version</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">1861 Harvey Pike obtains deed to 200' wide strip for a canal crossing. Goal is to transport coal from Newcastle to Puget Sound<span style="font-style: italic;">. </span><span><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">1871 Pike deeds property to Lake Washington Canal Company. Petitions Congress for title to submerged lands that might be reclaimed if canal is built.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">1871 Army Corps of Engineers evaluates canal potential for fresh water storage of Naval Ships in Lake Washington but doesn't act.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1883 David Denny, Thomas Burke, F.H. Whitworth, H.B. Bagley, C.C. Phinney form Lake Washington Improvement Company to dig the Montlake Cut to transport logs but they abandon job.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1883-85 Lake Washington Improvement Company hires Wa Chong and 25 Chinese laborers. They excavate .2 miles south of current Cut.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1903 Army Corps of Engineers decides demands of commerce don't justify the expense.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1903 Break in earth dam at outlet of Lake Union allows saltwater to infiltrate the Lake and threaten fresh water. Lake Union drains down to within a foot or two of high water in Puget Sound.<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1906 Congress authorizes James Moore to build Canal. Moore was a contractor for the Denny Regrade. He asks King County for $.5 million.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1907 State Supreme Court rules against the legality of issuing Bonds for this purpose.<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1907 Moore assigns rights to Lake Washington Canal Company.<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1907 Major Hiram Chittenden gets Congressional appropriation for land survey to study an alternate route that would take the canal through UW.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1907 Ballard millmen organize to halt construction.<br /></span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1909 Washington State Legislature appropriates $250,000.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1910 King County votes bond issue of $740,000; Congress authorizes the remaining in Federal money.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1911 Chittenden oversees groundbreaking and construction. 4,000,000 cubic yards of dirt are dredged from the Ship Canal. 230,000 yards of concrete are poured to form the Locks.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1916 The Locks and Montlake Cut are completed, Between August 25 and October 21, the overall Lake drops by 8'9". 2506 acres of land are "reclaimed".</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1917 Ships first pass from Puget Sound through Lake Union to Lake Washington. Grand opening celebrations are held on July 4.</span></li><li style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1917 Hiram Chittenden dies October 9.<br /></span></li></ul> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" >* adapted from The Lake Washington Story, USGS Survey Project Puget Sound ESA 1983, Historylink.org, </span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-74033093291541486212008-06-21T16:54:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:22:00.234-07:00Lake Washington soundscape sampler<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb1GUbeMVDrCtbGCtQxAB5MagTQ7nAa1x3Uc08ajgs2AEba3mpXVKekfwETUZldkbHnME8XWxwzV1xLr61DAH6zsslZLi7kBoQybrtzqRKR7gMoo7NsIlzyjxX74z_w11onSdGTLbM_A/s1600-h/02Sollod.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Click on the title above to access the audio</span></span><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb1GUbeMVDrCtbGCtQxAB5MagTQ7nAa1x3Uc08ajgs2AEba3mpXVKekfwETUZldkbHnME8XWxwzV1xLr61DAH6zsslZLi7kBoQybrtzqRKR7gMoo7NsIlzyjxX74z_w11onSdGTLbM_A/s200/02Sollod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225911278919200546" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="%E2%80%9Dhttp:www.box.net/shared/wx4tnlokw%E2%80%9D" autostart="false" loop="false" controls="”console”" height="62" width="144"></embed>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-35539277743831800072008-06-21T12:34:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:31:55.788-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">TASK</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >DETERMINE SITE SELECTION CRITERIA</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><ul style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">circumnavigate the lake</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">demonstrate most dramatic alteration</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">variety of conditions</span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-92081715811642628122008-06-21T11:00:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:34:08.792-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBDLvr4cU0q2TLHmRdm0iDy6IY9czETRvqZUlY3kbbf3NI3qRPfv6TMvd4dF0LVfhWCSCA-pEqkRucF0bec60jR_XXwwlNtpQLiYzi5rgqLbD29QNNKnAm0n2jKhL2v8OjAcgkgFNMWs/s1600-h/map.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBDLvr4cU0q2TLHmRdm0iDy6IY9czETRvqZUlY3kbbf3NI3qRPfv6TMvd4dF0LVfhWCSCA-pEqkRucF0bec60jR_XXwwlNtpQLiYzi5rgqLbD29QNNKnAm0n2jKhL2v8OjAcgkgFNMWs/s320/map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243055595366080434" border="0" /></a>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-21383411465593819062008-06-20T17:15:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:38:04.660-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:78%;">TASK</span><br />FIND SELECTED SITES<br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Finding sites was a combination of mapping and scouting</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Some locations were easier to pinpoint than others</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">The impact of the cut was noticeable in some; hidden in others</span><br /></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-85106838365751725922008-06-20T17:00:00.001-07:002008-09-06T16:44:08.580-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L5eXcXjkNUDVGaQXOzMNnmtUDbqc-qPBQEmE_HqiyLK-MEnPfWZ_OIvDICZ7MTs5DNFPPsPHVC4gtC8WjB8Z4lN6Nxv37cizusFYvMQMCtmlAqkVJTJBgkifuoMhSxVbv8Uudl577lI/s1600-h/ES_8_17_8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L5eXcXjkNUDVGaQXOzMNnmtUDbqc-qPBQEmE_HqiyLK-MEnPfWZ_OIvDICZ7MTs5DNFPPsPHVC4gtC8WjB8Z4lN6Nxv37cizusFYvMQMCtmlAqkVJTJBgkifuoMhSxVbv8Uudl577lI/s400/ES_8_17_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243041567333818850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Montlake Cut</span>: 4,000,000 cubic yards ultimately dredged to create the Cut and the Ship Canal to link to Puget Sound.</span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-53575508832373110522008-06-20T16:45:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:48:39.557-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3dttOQ_9yYyJqWn7pnTWc2qN4cZ95jeP1nlf8mg62om4CauYKcPsSfYQuRdPicqnwArJYA1513nkmDlAM1AclHTHE0N_FgDlNHLkvQO_Ndz5BTLP_n6WTJqV12yxOwodtzpA73LeBJw/s1600-h/ES_8_23_8b-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3dttOQ_9yYyJqWn7pnTWc2qN4cZ95jeP1nlf8mg62om4CauYKcPsSfYQuRdPicqnwArJYA1513nkmDlAM1AclHTHE0N_FgDlNHLkvQO_Ndz5BTLP_n6WTJqV12yxOwodtzpA73LeBJw/s400/ES_8_23_8b-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243059159366185826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mudlake/Magnuson Park</span>: former fishing lake largely filled by the Cut. 1939 completely filled to create a runway for Navy planes. A former wetland, the runway kept sinking.</span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-10311798705915644492008-06-20T16:00:00.000-07:002008-09-24T17:43:35.802-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNf3poAidW_uXu3xxC4GuZLEvS3pLKAFK9Zli-T4ZotCL4xgd8NP6aBI6nVvVJ_8j104DOviVk3QyaIUfzK3tdbz4I-mPWOU9EJ-DDV32L5FsELRzM4THU_rQBXICKc8o5S8PiDQZMX0/s1600-h/kenmore.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNf3poAidW_uXu3xxC4GuZLEvS3pLKAFK9Zli-T4ZotCL4xgd8NP6aBI6nVvVJ_8j104DOviVk3QyaIUfzK3tdbz4I-mPWOU9EJ-DDV32L5FsELRzM4THU_rQBXICKc8o5S8PiDQZMX0/s400/kenmore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247050676511880066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kenmore Air Harbor</span>: Wetlands filled in and dredge spoil used to fill in neighboring wetlands.</span><br /></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-13723062570596431972008-06-20T15:45:00.000-07:002008-09-24T17:43:59.614-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOVoE9sPW_BloEP6jO8OmszEYJSRTXa9Xr7jzX5t-GvHrjyFkcf_Nro9OB4GcA_H8ROPZ90pYeuyvvBD07B-CsIa6iqy8Y9bn788kVSigum2hmodp2QuzUOY5FwX3V59v2cm0HknJn0E/s1600-h/juanitabch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOVoE9sPW_BloEP6jO8OmszEYJSRTXa9Xr7jzX5t-GvHrjyFkcf_Nro9OB4GcA_H8ROPZ90pYeuyvvBD07B-CsIa6iqy8Y9bn788kVSigum2hmodp2QuzUOY5FwX3V59v2cm0HknJn0E/s400/juanitabch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249752531856301170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Juanita Beach:</span> The receding waters exposed a vast expanse of fine white sand making a wide sandy beach with shallow water only 5' deep, extending 500' from shore.</span><br /></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-54968012425385707332008-06-20T15:30:00.000-07:002008-09-25T16:44:57.295-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6_1ujFdmoeKJqjiq-9r2_tif3dUXaX6kJObfZPBp4p5Iu8hMX-MmxJodJSA4Tu-KUC09LuHUwwo95s6idYqrMIHG-xXLhXUyXOtPgk8zerUdIGOGJoijKJ2IRMuG5V8eHC9cc4ChtRA/s1600-h/Mercerslough.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6_1ujFdmoeKJqjiq-9r2_tif3dUXaX6kJObfZPBp4p5Iu8hMX-MmxJodJSA4Tu-KUC09LuHUwwo95s6idYqrMIHG-xXLhXUyXOtPgk8zerUdIGOGJoijKJ2IRMuG5V8eHC9cc4ChtRA/s400/Mercerslough.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249754264472799586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mercer Slough:</span> Once the largest peat body in King County 70' deep, it was navigable by steamboats. Now, an artificial channel of which a portion was converted to a bulb farm by Frederick Winters in the late 1920s.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-67479386937155167722008-06-20T13:56:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:20:06.829-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >TASK</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >FIND THE BLACK RIVER</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All sites were easy to find except the Black River. You try to find a river that has disappeared...<br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Called Liz Stuart, Renton Historical Museum. Refers me to Leslie Betlach at Renton Parks.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Leslie Betlach refers me to Ron Straka, at Renton Water Department.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ron Straka refers me to Ryan Zulaf at Renton Airport. </span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ryan Zulaf tells me to go to Safeway and Fred Meyer parking lots because they were built on fill. Also tells me that there</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> are "visible remnants" of the Black River at the Renton Airport. I go to the aiport but can find no remnants. Enter a private trailer park to get a better look. Confronted by a woman for trespassing. I explain what I am doing and she tells me her son is a screenwriter. "Happy to help," she says. She sends me to the naturalized area next to the wastewater treatment plant. She says there is a heron rookery there and she thinks it is a remnant of the river. Her last words to me. "Not sure I would go there alone."<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I park my car. It looks like the kind of place where ax murderers may be lurking. I call home. "If I don't call you back in an hour, here's where you should send out the search party."</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I've got my pinhole camera, tripod, film box, bucket of sodium sulfide, trash bag, timer, light meter, digital recorder, headphones, microphone. I plunge into the woods and can hear a stream.</span></span></li><li>As I trudge along the stream bed, I eventually find a sign saying "Black River Riparian Forest" along with a notation of a watershed conservation group and phone number. Doris Yipez answers my call. She tells me that what is left of the river serves as the stream bed for Springbrook Creek. This mysterious place is now home to 150 nesting pairs of heron.</li></ul>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838939659232021289.post-50556281290239985332008-06-19T15:59:00.000-07:002008-08-22T16:19:56.270-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYI_HK3MCHCTQ-chyphenhyphenM6lBId81_BHBLHK6NNDDGM_ZmATMwu1diTdJu5sLPQtHsK1Z6shGPTRNl0CqBnVCc9aYOqPOskiZAk8Z-bYPiduHN6qkTTrVnLnN654FpxJXSR20E0DMW5boCbc/s1600-h/BLKRVR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYI_HK3MCHCTQ-chyphenhyphenM6lBId81_BHBLHK6NNDDGM_ZmATMwu1diTdJu5sLPQtHsK1Z6shGPTRNl0CqBnVCc9aYOqPOskiZAk8Z-bYPiduHN6qkTTrVnLnN654FpxJXSR20E0DMW5boCbc/s400/BLKRVR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237480812270649394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYI_HK3MCHCTQ-chyphenhyphenM6lBId81_BHBLHK6NNDDGM_ZmATMwu1diTdJu5sLPQtHsK1Z6shGPTRNl0CqBnVCc9aYOqPOskiZAk8Z-bYPiduHN6qkTTrVnLnN654FpxJXSR20E0DMW5boCbc/s1600-h/BLKRVR.jpg"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></a>Ellen Sollodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17858057645672905931noreply@blogger.com