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Woodland Park (Seattle)

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The memorial was demolished in 1977, and the site now lies buried beneath the Woodland Park Zoo's African Savanna exhibit. The memorial's only surviving elements—two life-sized bronze statues of Boy Scouts that once saluted the image of Harding—were relocated to the headquarters of the
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and also has a baseball field and children's playground. Its eastern half, which is connected to the zoo by arched bridges over the highway and often called Lower Woodland Park, consists of trails, an off-leash dog park, a picnic area, ballfields, a
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The park is home to many species of birds and mammals as well as a few reptile and amphibian species. The most notable species are the
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In 1925, a memorial was erected in the park to commemorate the July 27, 1923 speech delivered by
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was hired to design the city's parks, including Woodland Park.
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Woodland Park in the distance, looking southwest across
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Woodland Park, Seattle

Green Lake
Urban Park
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates
47°40′05″N 122°20′38″W / 47.66806°N 122.34389°W / 47.66806; -122.34389
Seattle Parks and Recreation
public park
Seattle
Phinney Ridge
Green Lake
Guy C. Phinney
lumber mill
real estate
Olmsted Brothers
Boston
State Route 99
Woodland Park Zoo
pitch and putt
horseshoe pits
skate park
lawn bowling
Green Lake Park
western coyote
rabbit
barred owl
Red-eared slider
American crow
American goldfinch

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