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-I think it's so fun.

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I think it promotes community
and strategic thinking.

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-Tile by tile, click by click.

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Seattle's mahjong scene
is having a moment,

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and it's nothing like the
game your grandma played.

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-If you're not good, it's OK.

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-We're talking tee time and

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it's not the kind
where you meet for a

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a hot beverage.

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All you need here are two clubs

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and a great attitude.

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We'll take you inside the
Green Lake Pitch and Putt.

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-Close your eyes.

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Imagine what songs they sang

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this day.

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-And 140 years of
elevating the voices of

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Seattle's Black community.

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We highlight the impact
of the first AME Church.

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These stories and much more are
coming up next on City Stream.

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♪♪

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Hi everyone.

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I'm Lindsay Cohen alongside my

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best bud Otis Redding.

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Yes, that's my dog's name.

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And welcome to CityStream from
beautiful Green Lake Park.

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Did you know that a glacial ice
sheet actually formed Green

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Lake more than 50,000 years ago?

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♪♪

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This beautiful spot got
its name in 1855 by

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surveyor David Phillips.

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He apparently thought
its green algae bloom

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fittingly described it.

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Soon after, white settlers
claimed the area and they

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dubbed it the perfect urban
escape from Seattle's

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bustling downtown.

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It was popular then and it's
still popular today with

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its proximity to downtown
and the Woodland Park Zoo.

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There's playfields, water
activities and this nearly three

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mile loop to walk, run or bike.

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And hey Otis here, he
gives it two paws up.

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Bump it.

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Yes, good bump it.

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Good job.

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You know what else has
been around almost as long

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as the name Green Lake?

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Mahjong, the Chinese tile
game of skill and chance.

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And just like this
park, the game has

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has a unique ability to
bring people together,

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no matter their age
or skill level.

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Producer Ian Devier explains.

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[tiles clacking and shuffling]

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- Today, we're playing
intergenerational mahjong

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in the Chinatown
International District,

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here in Union Station.

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- We're in collaboration
with the Wing Luke Museum

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and then the Seattle
Office of Planning

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and Community Development to
help activate this space.

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[tiles clacking and shuffling]

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-Teaching mahjong 101, 13
tile, Hong Kong style.

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-I think at the heart of it, you
just need a set and four people

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who want to learn and play.

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-One of my favorite parts
of this event is being

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able to teach new players
and see the moment in their

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brain where the game clicks
and they start to get familiar

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with the different tiles
and the texture of

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playing together.

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-Oh, again!

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-Dang! We're getting hustled.

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We're getting hustled.

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-Social clubs have been
popping up in Seattle.

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We already know we're playing
at our senior centers,

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we're playing in the library,
playing in the public.

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What if we all played together
and built community together?

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-As a Filipino American, mahjong
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touchstones and how I connect
with my culture and build

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community around my identity,
especially here in the CID and Seattle.

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-It's been really special in the
last few months to really see

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different mahjong organizations
in Seattle come together.

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-Everybody wants to connect
and teach each other.

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-You might not know
the characters when

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they're on the scene.

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-These are from Taiwan, so
they're a little longer.

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A lot of us grew up in
homes that played mahjong.

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-I used to play with my
grandpa growing up as a kid.

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And now he has dementia,
and so mahjong

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is one of the only times where
he gets that clear brain

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and can really focus and
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So it holds a special
place in my heart.

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-We're trying to make
it feel like home.

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I mean, there's everything
but karaoke on a laser disc.

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but there's activities for
the kids, there's snack

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breaks, we have people talking
and laughing and cheering.

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[applause and cheering]

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And just sharing stories
and making that one-on-one

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moments of human connection.

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-So what makes this
game so popular?

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Is it the fast action?

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Is it a way to unplug and
connect with the community in

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our increasingly digital world?

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Or might it be the
colorful tiles themselves?

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Producers Kathy Tuohy and
Valerie Vozza flip some tiles

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and the script, exploring
the intricacies of mahjong.

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♪♪

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-Drop into any mahjong
meetup and the first thing

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you'll notice is the sound.

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[tiles clacking and shuffling]

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The clickety-clack of the
tiles being shuffled, which

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can mean only one thing:
a game of mahjong

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is about to start.

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-Arrange things based on family and
based on numerical sequence.

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That's how I like to do it.

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-The goal of the rummy-like game
is to build a winning hand by

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drawing and discarding tiles.

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Winning hands vary depending
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but all include groupings
of sets and a pair.

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- How are you guys doing?

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How's the game going?

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- This evening, the
action is at Kilig,

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a Filipino restaurant
in the Chinatown

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International District.

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- It is Mahjong Monday,
and this is probably

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my third time to be here.

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- I was like, "Who's winning?"

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- For the past year,
owner Melissa Miranda

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has been holding the
bimonthly gatherings

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and filling the restaurant
with mostly Asian

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or Asian American
Millennials and Gen Zers.

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-This is my first time
playing mahjong, and

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I'm on a winning streak.

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Yeah, about to be three.

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-Mahjong, it turns out,
is attracting a whole

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new legion of fans
who are embracing the

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200-year-old game.

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In the U.S., online searches
for mahjong clubs are up

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almost 4,500% since last year.

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The crowded at Kilig play
mostly Filipino or Hong

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Kong-style mahjong, and for
many, it's a cultural thing.

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-My family used to play
mahjong for all of

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the family gatherings, and
the noise you hear of the

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tiles is something that me
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I don't know, it's
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very nostalgic for me.

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-Growing up, I used to watch my
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and they would let the kids
watch, but we didn't play.

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-Mahjong started in
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-An American businessman
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States in the 1920s,
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It became very popular
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but what ended up happening
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with different rules,
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So in 1937, the National
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A group of women in Manhattan
got together and decided to

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standardize the game, and
they came up with this card.

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In order to win American
Mahjong, which is played with a

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card, not just tiles, you
have to fulfill one of the

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hands on the card, and
then you Mahj, you win.

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-Okay, I got Mahj!

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-Oh my God!

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-Woohoo! 

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-There are over 40 varieties

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of mahjong played globally.

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But American mahjong, along
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Japanese Riichi mahjong,
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played in the U.S.

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Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club meets
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in Seattle and Bellevue.

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Today's noon meetup is at
Stoup Brewery on Capitol Hill.

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-A lot of mahjongs, they're
like just kind of you play

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the hand and then you're done.

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But Japanese, we have points
which keep track of like

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how well you're doing.

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So the games will be
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There'll be multiple hands.

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So there's a bit of a further
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be first at the end of the game.

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-Japanese Riichi is one of the
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the game in the U.S.

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today, having
captured the younger,

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more competitive and
gaming-oriented demographic.

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-First time playing Japanese
Mahjong, I just wanted

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to kind of experience new
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-We saw the meetup for this
particular mahjong community

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and we wanted to be around
like a younger group,

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so we decided to learn
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- I think it's a
socialization thing.

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I mean, all these kids on
their devices all the time,

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noses in their phones.

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So I think it's a really
good way for people

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to meet other people, be
social, use their brains.

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- I think it's so fun.

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I think it promotes community
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and it's really like
hands-on, just super fun.

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- Oh, I love it when I win.

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Luckily it happens a lot, yeah.

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- It's easy enough to
still have a conversation

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and socialize, but it's
also challenging enough

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to still be kind of mentally
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So that's what I like about it.

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- The ancient game of
mahjong is the same as it's

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been for centuries.

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The tiles, the shuffle, the
wall, the draw and discard.

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And now more people than ever
are coming to the table.

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-Whichever style of mahjong
fits you, really the best

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way to learn is to find a
group and jump right in.

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There are more mahjong
meetups than we can

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mention in a single show.

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So a simple online search
can help you find one

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in your neighborhood.

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♪♪

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Coming up next, some say it's
the hardest part of the game,

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but also maybe the most fun.

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We're pitching and
putting around Green

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Lake when we come back.

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-Look at that.

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of this great city.

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-Welcome back to CityStream from
beautiful Green Lake Park.

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If you've ever played golf,
you know how frustrating

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it can be at times.

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But here at Green Lake Pitch
and Putt, whether you're

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young or old, experienced or
just getting started, the

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only measure that matters
is how much fun you have.

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Unless you score a hole in one.

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Producer Eric Riddle
and photographer-editor

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Mark Morache have more.

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-When you get to the middle
of the course, you forget

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you're in the middle of a city.

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[golf ball plunking]

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This is an urban area.

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I am touching grass.

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I'm in nature.

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[golf thwack]

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Much better, Uncle Perry.

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My name is Amy Faulkner.

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I'm the operator at Green
Lake Pitch and Putt.

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[golf thwack]

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-Yeah!

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-We are the oldest
continuously operating

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pitch and putt in
the United States.

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We started in 1947.

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This part of Green Lake was
partially flooded, and it was

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also a landfill that the Olmsted
brothers, the same people that

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developed Central Park, they
designated that they would lower

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the water level in Green Lake
and make this a recreation area.

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I would come here and
golf just casually.

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And I just saw this place
as a diamond in the rough.

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Like there's so much
community around it.

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You can look at everybody's
chatting and having a good time.

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When it came available, I
submitted a proposal to the city

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and we're seeing that
continue to grow.

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The biggest thing I saw
was that it wasn't a super

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welcoming environment.

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We immediately improved the
pro shop and found some

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interesting challenges in that.

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There's no hot water in the pro
shop because it was built in

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1947 and supposed to be kind
of a primitive building.

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But we painted, we put new
flooring in because there

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was disgusting carpet before.

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-Next up to tee is

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Shelby played in party.

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-There you go.

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Nice, nice.

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-Pitch and putt started in
Ireland in the 1930s, and it

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was designed for people that
didn't have the time or the

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financial means to go spend
five hours at an 18-hole golf course.

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-Good shot, dude!

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-Nice shot, Pear.

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-It's a nine-hole course.

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It's easy.

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It's simple.

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You could have fun.

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and it's just great.

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- You need two clubs, a
pitching wedge and a putter.

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It's really easy.

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It's designed for people
that want to work

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on their short game and
they're avid golfers,

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but also people that are just
like never golfed before.

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[golf thwack]
[cheering]

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The rules are not as
crazy as a golf course.

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There's no special attire
that you have to wear.

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-Yeah. 
-It's designed for

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people to learn.

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So if you're not
good, it's okay.

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It's not about being
the best golfer ever.

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It's about coming
out and having fun.

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-It was supposed to go
over the palm tree to

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the hole, but oh well.

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[chuckling]

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-Greens take a whole lot of work
to maintain and take care of.

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and when you have maybe
less experienced golfers,

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they might take a little
bit more of a beating

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than at Pebble Beach, perhaps.

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- The mom caddy,
always important.

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- We do scrambles, so
you might be golfing

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with people that you've
never met before.

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We do something called a
short game social club.

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It's all about, hey, you
wanna come meet people?

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They talk about the Seattle
freeze all the time.

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This is a great way.

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Come out here, hit
some balls around.

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They might go in the right
direction, they might not.

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-The ball's in there somewhere.

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-Just experiencing the community
of it and feeling welcome

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and making sure
everybody feels welcome

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and making sure that people
that may not have had

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the opportunity to golf
get that opportunity.

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-Look at that.

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-Thank you, thank you.

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So great to come here
and see familiar faces

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and know that we're
part of their

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lives and they're part of ours.

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I feel like it is
a weird calling,

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but it's been so delightful
and seeing the results

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of it that I want
to continue it for

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a really long time.

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It's just a fun place to be.

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[golf thwack]
-Ohhhhhh! Fore!

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-So I'm not saying
I'm terrible at

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Pitch and Putt, but I might be
saying that the ducks in the

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lake have been keeping score
and it's not looking good for

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me. For golfers who'd rather
make friends than keep score,

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the Pitch and Putt also
runs a weekly social

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every Monday night.

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For more information about

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their meetups, the tee
times, and all the ins

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and outs of Pitch and
Putt, go to their website,

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greenlakepitchandputt.com.
And one more thing,

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dogs are unfortunately
not allowed here.

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So So sorry Otis, I owe

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you some treats later.

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After the break, how one small
church became the voice for

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Seattle's Black community.

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We'll explain in just a moment.

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♪♪

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- We've made our way over
to the Aqua Theater.

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You know, this spot has
hosted a number of legends

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over the years, including
Bob Hope and Led Zeppelin.

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But it's the combination of
music and fellowship that

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have lifted one church beyond
prayer and into action.

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This social activism has helped
shape Seattle's Black community

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for more than a century.

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Producers Ian Devier and Susie
Philipson have the story

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of Seattle's first African
Methodist Episcopal Church.

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-First AME continues to
be a leader in community

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outreach through its Central
District Affordable Housing

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Project Bryant Manor,
which provides low and

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moderate income housing
for families and seniors.

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If you'd like to learn
more about their work,

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you can head to their
website at FAMEseattle.org.

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Also, this story is the
first in a series by our

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Department of Neighborhoods,
highlighting Seattle's Black

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heritage as well as
historic preservation.

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For more information,
you can visit their

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blog at frontporch.seattle.gov.

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We'll be right back.

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Visit our website,
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-That's all for this
episode of CityStream.

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But before we go, a quick
reminder that Green Lake has so

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much to offer all year round.

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So come on down for a walk,
a bite, or even to hang out

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with me and Otis Redding,
the best co-host I could

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have ever asked for.

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If you'd like more information
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you can go to seattle.gov/parks
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Thanks again for joining.

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I'm Lindsay Cohen and
Otis, last words?

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He'll just sit here
and look cute.

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♪ ♪