One of Kenmore Air's scheduled flights comes in for a landing at the south end of Lake Union. Founded in 1946, the airline operates a 20-plane fleet.

Kenny Anderson prepares to sandblast the bottom of a 210-foot fish processing ship in for work at Lake Union Dry Dock.

Rebecca Timson gives direction to her Spruce Street School students on a trip to the school's P Patch plot. In the background is the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Bill White, shipwright and director of restoration at Northwest Seaport, stands aboard the fruits of his labor, the continuing restoration of the 1897 sailing schooner Wawona. Northwest Seaport is adjacent to the Naval Reserve on South Lake Union.

Steven Klemm of Massachussetts and Carina Petersson of Sweden met five years ago in Bali. They arranged a rendezvous in Seattle on the MV Challenger, a bed and breakfast on a restored tug boat moored on the lake.

Spruce Street School students Sedalia Cole and Rachel Taylor share a moment in class with Kumbakharna, a demon character from the Indian epic "The Ramayana." The class created the stuffed character for their performance of the Indian play, integrated with their studies of the Indian subcontinent.

Jim Clark gave up a tenured professorship at the UW to own and operate Moss Bay Rowing and Kayak Center on South Lake Union.

The south end of Lake Union is a stew of marine activity, with huge yachts, small sailboats, float planes and kayakers all sharing the protected waters.

Dr. Rainer Storb, head of tranplantation biology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, commutes by kayak between his home in Madison Park and the Hutch's South Lake Union facility.

South Lake Union is a bustling neighborhood, sandwiched between the busy south shore of the lake and downtown.

A-One Iron is a family affair with Shirley Jarnig, left, holding down the front office while son Gordy is the owner and president. Gordy's grandfather founded the South Lake Union neighborhood business in 1938.