Uptown to pilot a parklet

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:17 PM

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced that one of the additional parklets in the 2014 Pilot Parklet Program will be at SIFF Cinema Uptown, sponsored by the Uptown Alliance.

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