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Glimpses: “Fisheye Seattle”

Chelsea — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:00:54 +0000

Good morning, Seattle. This is what you look like through a fisheye lens while on Elliott Bay, as GreatBeyond discovered and shared with us. You are reading an excerpt from Glimpses: "Fisheye Seattle".The SunBreak supports RSS for you diehard RSS readers out there.

Queen Anne, the Waterfront is Yours (Almost)!

Michael van Baker — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:28:14 +0000

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.

Glimpses: “Frontyard”

Chelsea — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:06:58 +0000

Here’s to hoping this coming weekend affords at least one opportunity for Sculpture Park chair lounging. Either way, thanks for the idea, soap.n. You are reading an excerpt from Glimpses: "Frontyard".The SunBreak supports RSS for you diehard RSS readers out there.

Glimpses: “Rough Morning”

Chelsea — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:22 +0000

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.

James Corner Field Operations Fills in Details on Seattle’s New Waterfront Design

Michael van Baker — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:06:42 +0000

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.)

First Look at James Corner’s Waterfront “Ring”

Michael van Baker — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:07:37 +0000

"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."