Glimpses: “Fisheye Seattle”
Good morning, Seattle. This is what you look like through a fisheye lens while on Elliott Bay, as GreatBeyond discovered … Continue reading Glimpses: “Fisheye Seattle”
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Queen Anne, the Waterfront is Yours (Almost)!
Up to now, walkers and cyclists had to negotiate busy boulevards and railways to reach the Sound’s edge.
But as of mid-September-ish–a temporary suspended work platform for the Thomas Street Overpass project came down last week–there will be an easy, unobstructed stroll from Third Avenue West to the Elliott Bay Trail as it passes through Myrtle Edwards Park. Continue reading Queen Anne, the Waterfront is Yours (Almost)!
Glimpses: “Frontyard”
Here’s to hoping this coming weekend affords at least one opportunity for Sculpture Park chair lounging. Either way, thanks for … Continue reading Glimpses: “Frontyard”
Glimpses: “Rough Morning”
Not our wishes for any of you on this first Monday of April, but rather a reminder of Lady Liberty’s dedicated watch over the entry to Elliott Bay. Rough morning or not, she is there – marking our city’s geographic origins and serving as an admirable proxy for her big sister on the other coast. Thanks to smohundro for capturing her point of view and placing it into our Flickr pool. Continue reading Glimpses: “Rough Morning”
James Corner Field Operations Fills in Details on Seattle’s New Waterfront Design
Now, “nothing in this presentation is final or fixed, it continues to evolve,” Corner emphasized at the presentation–we are still very much in an illustrative and iterative phase, where ideas are offered, feedback is taken, and they evolve, or perhaps just disappear. So far, the public baths are hanging in there. (“They’d be managed,” Corner explained. “We presented that idea a little naively.” “Oh, no, I’m for them,” I told him. “Well, we’re not holding a vote,” he retorted, to which I wanted to reply, That’s what you think, buddy! This is Seattle. There will be a series of votes.) Continue reading James Corner Field Operations Fills in Details on Seattle’s New Waterfront Design
First Look at James Corner’s Waterfront “Ring”
“If you squint your eyes,” said James Corner at the initial design presentation for Seattle’s central waterfront, “this, too, almost has a sort of circularity, where it’s embracing and enclosing the city and looking out to water bodies. […] It’s really a device to bring together a sense of the collective and focus it.”
He was talking about the Olmsted Legacy, Seattle’s park system, and how he hopes to recapitulate that with an Elliott Bay ring. “Seattle has in a sense turned its back on Elliott Bay over years,” Corner argued, “it’s now going to become a frontage.” Continue reading First Look at James Corner’s Waterfront “Ring”