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2 unusual facts about Carkeek Park


Carkeek

Carkeek Park, 216-acre (87.1 ha) park located in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle, Washington

Carkeek Park

The park went through a few themes over years, from outdoor performance venue, to farm for zoo animal feed, to pasturage rental, to park with WPA Civilian Conservation Corps construction (1933-–36, removed in 1938), to U.S. Army camp (just in 1942), to sewage treatment plant (over vigorous opposition by neighborhoods groups).



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