@seattlewalkreport Is the City’s Best Instagram Account
An anonymous Seattle artist tells the story of our city at ground level
By Gwendolyn Elliott July 2, 2018
This article originally appeared in the July 2018 issue of Seattle magazine.
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Her followers know her as “Seattle Walk Report” (@seattlewalkreport), the name of the Instagram account this anonymous artist started last year to log her discoveries on long walks through neighborhoods in the city.
Averaging about two “reports” a week, the self-taught illustrator files hand-drawn accounts of her encounters on these urban treks—from the number of littered Starbucks cups, cute dogs and little free libraries she sees to the keenest of details, say, a squirrel eating a Kinder Surprise egg (spotted in the Central District), or notable umbrella motifs (garlic and blueberries, spied somewhere on a route between Belltown and West Seattle).
Meanwhile, she’s compiled a charming composite portrait of the city in the midst of a sea change. “I thought I had an idea of Seattle,” says the lifelong Seattleite. “But once I started walking everywhere, that totally changed that for me.”
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