Thanks to Stewart L. for the three photos of signs sighted at Don Armeni Boat Ramp shortly after its repaired floating docks reopened this week. The one above doesn’t seem to convey anything particularly new, but then there are these:
And these …
As for the docks, they’ve indeed fully reopened – we took these photos on Friday:
The floating docks were removed last November, pronounced unsafe because of damage just months after they had been installed in a years-in-the-works project
I don’t get it.I’d like to use the Atlantic Street boat ramp on Seward Pk Ave sometimes but it’s an open air drug market. All the trailer parking has single cars full of partying knuckleheads smoking weed and playing excessive amplified music (see the nice, new sign). People park their cars on the boat ramps and party. On Thursday there was a drive by shooting in which an 8 year old girl and a woman in her 70’s were seriously injured.And the Seattle PD? They’re resources are at Armeni. Why?The real answer is Rainier Beach is just too much work. The demographics of West Seattle demand a premium level of attention. High property values and low hanging fruit.
I suspect the extra presence may still be carryover from the unsolved murder right near Don Armeni last year.
They are not taking resources from Rainier Beach area for west Seattle. There are police stations all over the city. Unless something gets really out of hand,.
Curtis. “Rainier Beach is just too much work” You have actual facts and data to back that up or, as I suspect you hate the police and have no idea how to make the city safer but are sure your bloviating will solve everything.
I was the UPS guy in Columbia City and Rainier Beach for years. I know it and it’s residents as well, or better, than anyone who has ever lived.I’m fine with the cops. I’m tired of seeing the bad actors of society (grafitti “artists”, Organized retail crime, tweakers) go unpunished. I dare you to go hang out at Atlantic St boat ramp on a Saturday evening and say you feel its just another city park. It might be even worse over at Stan Sayers pits. The ramps there are all unusable.
Is that all it takes is to put up a no camping sign. We’ll let’s start putting these signs up all over the city. That will solve the problem.
Saw a report of an attempted truck and trailer theft at Armeni yesterday/Saturday early am. Unsuccessful but broken window, trashed starter and interior, trailer damaged.
Happy to see docks back in. One question, the 10-6 closed hours, does anyone know if that applies to the ramp activities? Or just using the park for other bits. Separate sign, as the days get longer launch times for morning sessions will be well earlier than 6.
It’s all about enforcement now. If no one does that, then it doesn’t matter what they put up.
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