Welcome to the B-Town (Burien) Blog. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, or Register to Comment on stories. Thanks!Many folks have driven by the new “Jacob Ambaum Park” under construction at 12685 Ambaum (just north of SW 128th on the west side), with their children salivating over the cool new playground equipment:

While it may look […]

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New Park SignBURIEN – What better way to celebrate Earth Day than coming up with a name for a new park?
Burien’s parks and recreation advisory board is looking for suggestions and nominations to help name a unique pocket park that does double duty protecting residential property by controlling stormwater runoff.
The park site is in the […]

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by Mark Neuman
Nehru and GhandiPicture a small boy in India, in the early 1940’s, his family’s home being personally visited by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru themselves.
Imagine that same boy, just a few years later, on August 15, 1947, being held lovingly by his family atop the hood of a car as they and millions […]

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Courtesy of the Highline Historical Society comes this week’s B-Town Blog Past and Present Photo Series, this week featuring pics of the Tradewell Building, located at the corner of SW 152nd and Ambaum Blvd. South.
PAST: 1940’s view of SW 152nd Street looking west from Ambaum Blvd. SW. The Tradewell Building (on the left side) once […]

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Courtesy of the Highline Historical Society comes this new B-Town Blog Historical Photo Series, this week featuring Then and Now pics of the now-gone Lou’s Diner, once located at the corner of SW 150th and First Avenue South, and once offering 19-cent burgers!
THEN: Lou’s Diner
Lou’s Diner
NOW: Taco Bell
Taco Bell
Note the exact same placement of the […]

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