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( 26) The lonely-looking grandstand at the southern end of Green Lake is all that re-
mains of the former 5500-capacity Green Lake Aqua Theater, an outdoor auditorium
overlooking the lake (where the stage once was) that stood here from 1950-70.
Back in the day, the theater's big crowd-puller was its annual summer Aqua Follies
show, a kind of kitschy water ballet, but it also staged opera, jazz and, towards the end
of its tenure, a couple of legendary rock performances by Led Zeppelin and the Grate-
ful Dead. Newer, dryer venues built for the World's Fair in 1962 eventually put the
theater out of business and it closed in 1970.
BATHHOUSE THEATER THEATER
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( 5) The Bathhouse Theater, on the western side of the lake, is a 1928 bathing pavil-
ion that was converted to a live-performance venue in 1970.
WOODLAND PARK ZOO ZOO
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( 206-684-4800; www.zoo.org ; 5500 Phinney Ave N; adult/child Oct-Apr $12.50/8.75, May-Sep
$18.75/11.75; 9:30am-4pm Oct-Apr, to 6pm May-Sep; ; 5) In Woodland Park, up the
hill from Green Lake Park, the Woodland Park Zoo is one of Seattle's greatest tourist
attractions, consistently rated as one of the top 10 zoos in the country. It was one of the
first in the nation to free animals from their restrictive cages in favor of ecosystem en-
closures, where animals from similar environments share large spaces designed to rep-
licate their natural surroundings.
Feature exhibits include a tropical rain forest, two gorilla exhibits, an African sa-
vanna and an Asian elephant forest.
SEATTLE ROSE GARDEN GARDEN
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( 7am-dusk; 5) F The 2.5-acre Seattle Rose Garden, near the entrance road to
the zoo off N 50th St, was started in 1924 and contains 5000 plants, including heirloom
roses and a test garden for All-America Rose Selections.
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GREEN LAKE PARK
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