Lehtisaari, Helsinki

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Lehtisaari ([ˈlehtiˌsɑːri], Lövö, lit. 'Leaf Island') is an island and part of Munkkiniemi, a neighborhood in western Helsinki, Finland. Lehtisaari's overall appearance is coastal and wooded. Lehtisaari contains a portion of the jogging route that is used by the Helsinki City Marathon. The island's residential zoning began in the 1950s. The island's residential area was mostly built in the 1960s. The street Kuusisaarentie runs through Lehtisaari from Munkkiniemi to the districts of Otaniemi and Keilaniemi in the neighbouring city of Espoo and to the Ring I beltway. The street includes a small bridge from Kuusisaari to Lehtisaari and a longer bridge from Lehtisaari to Otaniemi near Keilaniemi. Lehtisaari also has a bridge to Kaskisaari, with a narrow and winding street Lehtisaarentie leading there, and also a light traffic bridge to Lauttasaari. Lehtisaari has had a shopping centre built in the 1960s. After a quieter period in the late 1990s the Lehtisaari shopping centre was in nearly completely full use. It had a restaurant, a tire shop, a kindergarten, a café, a space for art galleries, several construction shops, an import office for ship equipment and engines, a financial audit office, an architect bureau, a lawyer office, a building maintenance office, a real estate broker agency, a catering company, a masseur and a carpet shop. The Lehtisaari shopping c

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