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The City of Seattle might abandon a long-running effort to stretch Seattle’s southern borders to include White Center and surrounding residential communities.
The City Council plans to vote on whether to pull the plug on Mayor Greg Nickels’ […]

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For all you hearty bicyclists who are willing to pedal through these dark, wet, blustery days of winter, here’s a nice map for the scenic (and, depending on which direction you go, either very hilly or very fast) “Three Tree Point Bike Loop,” which goes through 152nd, down Maplewild, then up around Sylvester Road into […]

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Three Tree Point by AirFound this quite by chance today when looking for Burien-area videos – an amazingly cool fly-over video done by Steven G. Herbertson of flybyphotography.com.
It appears that Steven attaches cameras (both still and video) to his customized armada of radio controlled airplanes.
According to his website, he utilizes “custom designed, light weight, electric […]

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New Burien LibraryDetails on the new Burien Library from KCLS.org:
Planning for the new 32,000 square foot Burien Library is well underway. The $18 million library is planned in conjunction with the construction of a new Burien City Hall, at Burien Town Center. The joint development allows the entities to share costs of construction, taxes […]

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Everyone who lives here already knows this, but Burien is one of the few places left in America where the 6-minute drum solo hasn’t gone out of style.
This gem highlights Doug McGrew doing his drum solo at the Barrel Tavern’s Tuesday Night Jam on October 23, 2007:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MBLibA3as

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