Seattle cancels plan for privately funded playground at nude beach

SEATTLE — Seattle Parks and Recreation is canceling its proposal to build a new children's play area funded by an anonymous private donor at a beach park known as an unofficial nude hangout, a spokesperson said Friday morning. The project faced growing opposition in recent weeks from people who have viewed the $550,000 plan as a discriminatory attempt to change the way the small, secluded space on Lake Washington has been used for decades, especially by LGBTQ+ swimmers and sunbathers. Seattle Parks pitched the project as an opportunity to address a playground deficit in the upscale Denny Blain…

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