A Seattle summer has everything. Well, almost everything.
It’s true that you don’t have to leave city limits to hike a trail, hit a beach, party on a boat, or stuff your face with all flavors of ice cream. But one thrill of warm July and August days elsewhere has long since disappeared from the city.
When Playland closed more than six decades ago, the rush of a 3,000-foot urban roller coaster ride and other amusements went with it. Fun Forest at Seattle Center later offered some of the same attractions. But the defunct theme park could never quite recapture the enchantment of its predecessor before shuttering
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