The 89-year-old 'Walking Man' of Seattle's South Lake Union closes in on 20,000 miles through a changing city
× The 89-year-old ‘Walking Man’ of Seattle’s South Lake Union closes in on 20,000 miles through a changing city By Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times Published: February 22, 2021, 6:05am Share: SEATTLE — The air is cold, the sun just stretching out of bed when Bill Hoppin steps through the swoosh of the automatic doors at the Mirabella retirement high-rise, looks down the street toward Lake Union, and begins mile 19,048. Like the scent of snow in the air, Hoppin can smell the 20,000-mile mark — a goal he has been working toward, one mile, one hour, one cup of hot choc...