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An infographic titled 'Two Sides of the Same Street' compares tax and lease revenues for similar properties at Des Moines Creek Business Park. The Port of Seattle property (west of 24th Ave., 490,456 sq ft lot) has an appraised land value of $0 and pays $0 in property tax, while the adjacent private owner property (east of 24th Ave., 399,349 sq ft lot) has an appraised land value of $56,260,000 and pays $707,650 in property tax.

A modern two-story commercial or light industrial building with gray and white panel cladding and large windows is visible. Partial address numbers '2301' and '2305' (or similar) appear on the building facade, but no organization name or logo is clearly legible.

Aerial map showing the Des Moines Creek Regional Capital Improvement Project, depicting infrastructure elements including Northwest Ponds (Cells 1 and 2), Tyee Pond, Tyee Diversion Pipe, Outlet Control Structure, Berms A and B, Bypass Pipe, and connections to existing pipes. The map legend identifies existing wetland channel reconstruction, excavation cells, berms, new bypass pipe, Tyee diversion pipe, and existing pipe, with streets S. 196th St., S. 200th St., and 11th Ave S. visible.

Google Earth satellite image of Des Moines, Washington, showing a red line tracing a route from the Wasson House and Conveyor Dock area near the waterfront northward through the Des Moines Creek Trail corridor to S 188th St near Sea-Tac Airport. Labeled landmarks include the SCORE Jail, Des Moines Creek Trail Park 200th, Des Moines Memorial Drive, and Highway 509, with the route passing through the airport's noise-impacted green buffer zone.

Technical cross-section diagram illustrating the components of a Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall, including labeled elements: soil reinforcements, select backfill, retained backfill, facing, and foundation. This type of structure is commonly used in transportation and geotechnical engineering applications.

A structural/geotechnical engineering diagram comparing horizontal and vertical displacement behavior of a soil block with and without soil reinforcements. The left panel shows lateral displacement (δH/2) occurring without reinforcements, while the right panel shows zero lateral displacement (δH=0) when soil reinforcements are present, with only vertical settlement (δV) in both cases.

A massive segmental concrete block retaining wall is shown under construction, with workers in high-visibility safety vests visible at its base for scale. A watermark reading 'Photo courtesy of Hart Crowder' is visible in the lower left corner.

Construction workers in high-visibility vests and hard hats walk along the base of a massive segmental concrete block retaining wall, several stories tall. The site shows a gravel access road and erosion control markers, consistent with an active earthwork or infrastructure project.