Lake City residents fight for public beach

Nina Selipsky • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Lake City residents fight for public beach</h1>
                <h2><p>A small piece of land in Lake City has triggered a huge dispute. The 60-foot-wide lot where Northeast 130th Street dead-ends into the Lake Washington shoreline was fenced off in March, declared private by the state Supreme Court. According to the Seattle Times, the ex-public beach was a place where</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/nina-selipsky-crosscut-com/">Nina Selipsky</a></p> 
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            <p>A small piece of land in Lake City has triggered a huge dispute. The 60-foot-wide lot where Northeast 130th Street dead-ends into the Lake Washington shoreline was fenced off in March, declared private by the state Supreme Court. According to the <em><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/lake-city-residents-fight-to-regain-use-of-now-private-beach/?ref=avalancheghost.one">Seattle Times</a>, </em>the ex-public beach was a place where nearby residents could walk their dogs, swim with their children, and enjoy the lake without having to own a waterfront property. Now neighbors are fighting against the court ruling, writing "GREED" and "PROPERTY THEFT" in chalk on the surrounding sidewalks, appearing before the Seattle City Council, and leading social media campaigns. A neighborhood petition now has 2,400 signatures. Mayor Ed Murray is actively exploring ways to improve access to public streets that end on waterfronts, including the use of eminent domain.</p>
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A small piece of land in Lake City has triggered a huge dispute. The 60-foot-wide lot where Northeast 130th Street dead-ends into the Lake Washington shoreline was fenced off in March, declared private by the state Supreme Court. According to the Seattle Times, the ex-public beach was a place where nearby residents could walk their dogs, swim with their children, and enjoy the lake without having to own a waterfront property. Now neighbors are fighting against the court ruling, writing "GREED" and "PROPERTY THEFT" in chalk on the surrounding sidewalks, appearing before the Seattle City Council, and leading social media campaigns. A neighborhood petition now has 2,400 signatures. Mayor Ed Murray is actively exploring ways to improve access to public streets that end on waterfronts, including the use of eminent domain.

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By Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She is a senior at Lakeside School in Seattle, where she is an editor and writer for the school newspaper. Nina spent last summer working with a non-p