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The Alki Point Monument memorializing Seattle's pioneer White settlers is also located in the park. Dogs are allowed in the park, but not on the beach. There is a $500.00 fine for pets on the beach. [citation needed] On June 27, 1959, reports of an unexploded naval mine caused the beach to be closed while police evacuated 1,000 people. The ...
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The Alki neighborhood extends along the shore from the point, both southeast and northeast. To the northeast it continues past Alki Beach roughly to Duwamish Head, the northernmost point of West Seattle. Alki Point also marks the southern extent of Elliott Bay; a line drawn northwest to West Point marks the division between bay and sound.
Fittingly named Alki Beach, it features a long strip of sandy beach full of driftwood, seashells, and fire pits. Low tides offer West Seattleites an opportunity to explore marine life in tidepools. Alki also hosts a flat bike and running trail from which visitors can view the Seattle skyline, Puget Sound, and the Olympic mountains.
The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) installed at Seattle's Alki Beach Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was installed in 1952 by the Boy Scouts of America and underwent a significant restoration in 2007 after repeated vandalism had damaged the sculpture.
Today, Alki Beach Park extends southwestward from Duwamish Head to Alki Point; [5] the area at the head is sometimes called "Anchor Park" due to the 5,000-pound (2,300 kg) anchor at the site. On June 19, 2020, two teens utilizing the app Randonautica [6] reported finding a suitcase along the shoreline, emitting a foul odor.
Peiser photographed sights at Alki Point including bathers at Alki Beach and the Stockade Hotel on the day a pioneer monument (Alki Point Monument) was being dedicated. [6] He also photographed firemen [7] and community leaders such as businessmen. [8] Peiser lived at 7543 Sunnyside Avenue in Seattle.
West Seattle, site of present-day restaurant "Salty's on Alki Beach" [13] (which is not on Alki Beach) Salty's is on part of the site of the Novelty Mill, "a working flour mill from the late 1890s to the mid 1950s." 10 Salty's on Alki Beach (before 1985, Beach Broiler [13]) Salty's, seen from the water, 2015 before 1948 as Beach Broiler [13] extant