January 31

Changes at the park – where's the zip line, sign?

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Several neighbors have recently asked  when the popular zip line at the Maple Leaf Playground will be fixed.

It broke, apparently, last weekend.

“Wanting to ask why the Zip Line seat and hanging part disappeared on Saturday,” wrote DanM.

Since then, fencing has been installed around the “launch platform” at the top of  the line.

We expect to hear back from Seattle Parks on this early next week.

If anyone has answers now, please leave them in comments.

While we were at it, we also asked Parks where the (graffiti-ridden) sign at the west entrance to the playground has gone.

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  1. Regarding the kiosk, what Dan said is my hope/guess as well, now we are just waiting for the Parks Dept to communicate with us.

    Also, re: grass, it really is better to allow young grass a couple of seasons to establish strong roots and blades. The stronger it can get, the better basic structure can be during this crucial early growing period, the better it can hold up to people and dogs on top of it, too much rain, and other stresses. My remark about writing a song was an attempt at being light-hearted and encouraging patience.

    Last, if anyone notices something wrong with the synthetic surfacing in the playground area, let either Parks and FGMLP know right away. I’m guessing the earlier we can catch these things, the less money it will cost to repair. I’ll get the correct email address from Parks, but you can also email reservoirpark@mapleleafcommunity.org or Donna.Hartmann-Miller@mapleleafcommunity.org and we will follow up and try to get it dealt with quickly.

  2. Thanks, Donna.

    Our guess is that the missing kiosk is what will be placed in the new supports in the concrete pad at the entrance on the Roosevelt side of the park. It seems more likely since the remains of the wooden posts (as shown in the picture) are completely gone as of Friday night and the holes filled. Therefore, our hope is that the Parks Dept took the kiosk, to prepare it to be reused. Pure speculation, though.

    Regarding BDon’s comment: Grass that is established can die in the summer and come back in the fall and winter. We can’t see any expanse of completely dead grass in the park now, all is green (if soggy).

    So our tax money was well-spent in allowing the grass to get old enough to weather the natural process of greening in the winter, browning in the summer, greening in the winter, etc.

  3. Thats a common quote around here “As soon as the grass is established”. The OV field was offlimits fro a looong time for the ‘grass’ to develop. Then it wasnt watered and died. Go figure. Its only tax money folks.

  4. We’ve been expecting a kiosk to be added by the Upper Lid Picnic Shelter area for a while now. According to our Project Manager in an email on Tuesday, it was installed two weeks ago . . . ? I emailed her back to ask “where?” but haven’t heard back.

    We had been hoping that Parks would allow us to do some work to the smaller “info board” in the Family Terrace playground entrance so we could use it as a community bulletin board, but this vanishing act does not portend good news . . . but we can hope!

    Also, news on the lower playfields is that they will open in April, maybe as soon as March, but it is dependent on the weather and how well established the grass is.

    You know, someone should write a song about the Maple Leaf park that would include those lyrics (“as soon as the grass is established . . . “)

  5. Wonderful! Thanks for the info, and to the City for keeping the zip line in good repair.

    Funny about the synthetic surface, though; that’s been screwed up for more than a month.

    Weird about the missing sign. Was it getting too ugly and abused? It looks like they’re preparing to put another one up at the park’s West entrance near the tavern.

  6. Here is an email I got on Tuesday in response to my inquiry regarding the Zip Line . . . “There’s a small hole in the synthetic surfacing by the launch area. It’s still under warranty and we’re having it repaired. People are probably seeing fencing around it in advance of the repair work being done. The fencing should be down by the end of the week, plus or minus a couple of days for weather and the contractor’s schedule.”

    Thanks, Donna.

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