The Weekend Wrap Has a Glass Jaw

Artist's rendering of Chihuly exhibit at Seattle Center

After thinking it over, Seattle Center's "citizen panel," charged with deciding what should replace the Seattle Center's Fun Forest, has decided to remain anonymous.

This is a wise decision, since their conclusion that visual arts are underrepresented on Seattle Center campus--ergo, the Chihuly exhibit wins--immediately raises questions about the Center's dogsled-racing, amateur-yodeling, and unicorn-riding gaps. I don't think anyone would argue that the works of Dale Chihuly are underrepresented in Seattle as a whole, and certainly not in places where people tend to go to see visual art, like, say, museums.

The wonderful thing about this bemusingly circular process is that these eight citizens armed with the truth are all members of the Center's Century 21 Committee. When we rely on their judgment that the Chihuly exhibit represents the best financial resource for the Center--which is a debatable top priority--let's keep in mind that these are the same people who drafted the Center's largely unfunded 20-year master plan to begin with. Here is a graph that illustrates their credibility.

Other things that happened in Seattle this week include the Storm returning victorious, the Columbia Center's mother of all re-fis, the sound of Boeing planning new hires, and Seattle Schools telling a blogger who's often the only person covering their press events (okay, besides West Seattle Blog) that she couldn't ask them questions. (You certainly shouldn't ask about class size, and don't even bring up Garfield H.S.) Fnarf weighed in on the waterfront, and a panel suggested cyclists belong in the back of the ferry.

Also, here's a great post from Cliff Mass on why my phone says it's overcast and rainy when all I can see are blue skies.

Something happened in Wallingford--another fishing boat caught on fire! The Zoo won an award for its penguin exhibit, says PhinneyWood. My Green Lake reminded you that bunnies are a weapon of mass destruction. My Ballard brought you up to speed on proposed changes for Market Street. Fremont Universe waved goodbye to the Buckaroo Tavern. Maple Leaf Life was on the scene for a 125th Street town hall. The University of Washington doesn't like the idea of an increase in the commercial parking tax, says U District Daily.

Sound Transit is doing void remediation work near the Beacon Hill Station, notes Beacon Hill Blog. For every indie retailer that closes, CHS reminds you, another bar reopens. CD News reported on the "county's most decrepit facility." Eastlake Ave. pondered a post-ZymoGenetics neighborhood. Queen Anne View inspected plans for the complex planned at the old LQA QFC spot. Blogging Georgetown was looking through old photos. "Mt. Baker Teen Shot in the Face in His Own Home" goes the headline on the Rainier Valley Post. And Southend Seattle shows you what a real streetcar wreck looked like, back in the day.