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Stealing Seattle’s Secret Beaches Back From the Elite

The city’s richest residents try to block off the shoreline behind their private estates. Locals like me will show you the joys of claiming the ice-cold water as our own.

Naomi Tomky
Apr 19, 2017
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Illustration by Dylan Glynn

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