Contractors for Point Ruston do major earthwork this month on waterfront property owned by Metro Parks near the Tacoma Yacht Club building next to Point Defiance Park. The Point Ruston development is behind this land and to the right along the shoreline. The land is informally known as Peninsula Park. (PETER HALEY/Staff photographer)

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8:32 PM - The recently opened Waterwalk, part of the Point Ruston residential and retail development, will let walkers and bikers reach the border of Point Defiance. The district hopes to open a temporary walkway along the bluff to the boat house by September. Once completed, the city will finally have a single shoreline path from Foss Waterway to Owen Beach.

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