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* Seattle Channel's City Stream: Seattle Stairways (2016) 

* KPLU 88.1 "Tourist in Your Own Town" - Mount Baker Stairway Walk (2013)

* KING 5 Evening Magazine - Discover the Secret Stairways of Seattle (2013)

* KUOW News - The Hidden Legacy of Seattle Stairways (2013)

* AAA Journey - Last Stop: Stair Attraction (2012)

* Seattle Times - Guidebook Authors Show Ups and Downs. . . (2012)

Feet First - Seattle Walkability Advocates

* Sound Steps - Great Walking Groups for Over-50s!

* WalkOn inBellWa! - Walking Routes in Bellevue's Parks and Neighborhoods

Inventory of Seattle Stairs of 100 Steps or More website by Doug Beyerlein

* All Stairs Seattle Guide website by Susan Ott & Dave Ralph

* Year of Walking Seattle's Parks blog by Linnea Westerlind

*KOMO News - Year of Mapping Seattle's Stairs (2011)

*Seattle Times -  Queen Anne Stairways Map (2009)

* Washington Trails Association Magazine -  Urban Hiking (2007)

* Seattle Times - Seattle Stairways: Taking Time to Learn More About the City (2003)

* Seattle Weekly - Stairway Weekend (1999)

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Seattle Stairway Walks: An Up-and-Down Guide to City Neighborhoods 

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* The only guidebook to stairway walks in Seattle
* Explore Seattle neighborhoods in a new way with these interesting walks in Seattle
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Entries in Bunker Hill Stairs (1)

Thursday
May162013

A Stairway in Boston

As we revisit Seattle stairways on our walks, memories start to build. There are the different views and textures we encounter at various times of year; who was walking with us; the story of a memorial along the way; what was going on in the larger world at the time. Slowly, our stairway explorations take on a personal stamp - which brings us to a story we saw recently in the New York Times.

Elena Barbara has built her own relationship with a particular stairway. The Bunker Hill stairs in Boston climb 294 steps above Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood. Stone steps inside a large obelisk, a National Monument honoring the Battle of Bunker Hill, rise 221 feet to yield 360-degree views. (Our Water Tower stairway in Volunteer Park features 106 steel steps that climb 75 feet, also providing wonderful all-around views of the city.)

Elena has climbed the Bunker Hill stairs each day to raise funds for the 14 amputee victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. She hopes to raise one dollar for each of the 8,820 steps she'll climb over a 30-day period. She doesn't know any of the victims, but nonetheless she enlisted the help of a fundraising website called "GoFundMe" to do something for them.

The Times story is linked here, and in turn, it has a link to Elena's GoFundMe page. The Bunker Hill Stairs will surely have special meaning for the people Elena is able to help!