A day after a new privacy fence was put up at Seattle’s Denny Blaine Park, much of it was gone.
The city installed the fence Wednesday in response to the ongoing controversy over how to preserve the nude gathering space, while also addressing the complaints of neighbors who don’t want to see certain behavior.
As Rachel Schulkin, spokesperson for Seattle’s Parks and Recreation, wrote in an email, the fence was put up in accordance with a court-ordered plan submitted “related to nuisance behavior at Denny Blaine Park.”
The fence is a 4-foot-high, chain-link fence, with green tarps affixed to block the view. The fencing was arranged to create three sections, two of which, beach and lawn, are clothing-optional, Schulkin wrote, noting that fence “obscures views into the park.”
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