Table of Contents

Walk 1. Seattle’s Historic Shoreline: Remnants from the Past

Walk 2. Denny Hill: The Big Hill That Went Away

Walk 3. Stories in Stone: Downtown Rocks

Walk 4. Where You At?: A Downtown Geographical Tour

Walk 5. Who’s Watching You?: A Downtown Menagerie in Stone and Terra-Cotta

Walk 6. Regrades and the International District: Shaping a Landscape of Diversity

Walk 7. Madison Street: Elliott Bay to Lake Washington

Walk 8. Lake Union: Circumnavigating the Center of the City

Walk 9. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Discovery Park: Boats, Birds, and Big Trees

Walk 10. Green Lake to Lake Washington: Tracing a Historic Creek

Walk 11. Meadowbrook Pond and Thornton Creek: Restoration and Renewal

Walk 12. Magnuson Park: The Land Comes Full Circle

Walk 13. Capitol Hill: Elegance in Details

Walk 14. Beacon Hill: Great Diversity and Great News

Walk 15. Rainier Beach to Columbia City: From Slough to Slough

Walk 16. Delridge and Pigeon Point: The Lesser Known Side of West Seattle

Walk 17. West Seattle: Old Growth and Alki Point

About the Author

David B. Williams is a freelance writer focused on the intersection of people and the natural world. His most recent book was Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, which won the 2016 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, given by the Association of King County Historical Organizations to an outstanding historical publication. Other books include Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology and The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from the City. Williams is coauthor of Waterway: The Story of Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal. He lives in Seattle and continues to explore and travel through the city by foot and by bike.

Reviews

"I could go on and on—every stop in the book seems to have an embedded mystery. . . . Chances are good that your neighborhood is in this book. Find and explore your own."
*Seattle Times*

"Williams encourages readers to slow down and look at the city through a pedestrian’s eyes. It’s a worthy cause. . . . Williams actually gets you out onto the streets, where the history happened, and that makes everything seem closer and more relevant. . . . Seattle Walks is all about that feeling, of seeing familiar streets through new eyes. All it takes is a good guide, a slowing-down of your pace, and a willingness to stop and look up every once in a while."
*Seattle Review of Books*

"Williams is an engaging writer who does his homework and packs the history into his books with a trowel."
*Mercer Island Books*

"He’s at the very top of the list when it comes to covering our region’s past."
*Mercer Island Books*

"A hit."
*Seattle Times*