The Seattle site of Red Tricycle (“Your Local Playtime Authority”) has a writeup on the Maple Leaf Playground – and loves it.
In the piece Explore: Maple Leaf Red Tricycle extols the merits of the playground. “No soggy wood chips here—brilliantly layered gravel simply drains the raindrops and keeps kiddos dry if they take a tumble.”
Huh.
Not everyone has such a high opinion. Last spring Marc Phillips, then the president of the Maple Leaf Community Council, called it “Maple Leaf’s expansive, aging dustbowl.”
Adding to the desolation is the gravel base (no woodchips here) making this the hands down filthiest of North Seattle parks.
Phillips did note that with the opening of the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park next year, the playground will be updated.
The Red Tricycle piece also calls out Cloud City Coffee, Beadworld, the Northwest Puppet Center, Cafe Piccolo (which, contrary to Red Tricycle, doesn’t serve lunch) and the Maple Leaf Grill. Oh, and – “for current news and events…restaurant reviews, ratings” and more – Maple Leaf Life!
If this is Web 2.0, I’m going back to dial-up.
Really? Another call-out to Cloud City? They ought to be paying MLL for all this advertising!