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| Proposals that Enhance Children's Place Identity |  |
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Tukwila has an abundance of landmarks throughout the city. The City Team identified these landmarks and proposed that they be developed as focal points, or neighborhood nodes, so as to establish a unique character in different sectors of the city. |
 Landmarks Proposed as Focal Points |
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The Duwamish and Green Rivers are Tukwila's finest natural resource, yet many children seem more familiar with the South Center Malls than with the riverfront. The City Team envisioned a much enlivened shoreline that would provide endless delights to children and their families. Walking or bicycling along buffered trails from Poverty Hill to the Community Center and on to Codiga Farm, they might take a pulley ferry, toss pebbles from the footbridge, hang out at the boat landing, or even ride down the river on a paddle swan. |
 Proposed Linkages along Duwamish River |
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 Duwamish River Vignette |
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In addition to the school sites, some the most important landmarks for children are Poverty Hill, the Community Center, Codiga Farm, and the Library.
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This site is a essential source of Native American history and mythology for the Duwamish Indians. An unlikely outcropping of rock and earth, this squat hill deflects the Duwamish River and is the source of many important myths and Native American folklore. The Cascade View Team explored elements such as learning gardens, river access areas, habitat areas, and hilltop actives, which includes a storytelling circle and a network compass. This high landform with its overlook of the Duwamish River Valley provides a prospect for the compass that is especially appropriate. |
 Proposed Plan for Poverty Hill |
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 Poverty Hill Vignette |
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 Poverty Hill Vignette |
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 Poverty Hill Vignette |
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An effective resource as it stands, the team proposed the addition of a network compass at the community center, along with enhanced pedestrian access via a new trail along the Duwamish River. |
 Proposed Improvements to the Community Center |
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Urban landscapes are storehouses for social memories because natural features such as hills or harbors, as well as streets, buildings, and patterns of settlement, frame the lives of many people and often outlast many lifetimes. Decades of "urban renewal: and "redevelopment" of a savage kind have taught many communities that when the urban landscape is battered, important collective memories are obliterated. |
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Located on the Duwamish River near the community center, Codiga Farm is a strong visual symbol of Tukwila's agricultural roots. Although a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers recommends that an old barn be demolished and replaced by a new salmon hatchery facility, the team proposed that this barn be preserved as evidence of Tukwila's farming history. In this scheme, the barn serves as a central focus for new facility, which includes a community pea patch and children's activity farm. |
 Proposed Improvements to the Codiga Farm |
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 Codiga Farm Vignette |
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This site, which is within walking distance of Tukwila Elementary School, can serve as a no-cost field trip. The team envisioned the addition of an outdoor reading room at the library, as well as a large overlook for class discussions or picnics at the top of Trail No. 1. |
 Hazelnut Library and Trail No. 1 |
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Why This Project Is Important | A Case Study in Community Building | Programmatic Requirements | Design Proposals | Next Steps of Community Building | Site Map |
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