Seattle waterfront proposals: What will the waterfront look like after the viaduct goes?
With all the disagreement about how to replace (or not) the viaduct’s car capacity, there’s been very little discussion of what the waterfront will actually look like. The entire purpose of burying the freeway, after all, is to create a wonderful urban space.
Luckily, that’s about to change, as Seattle has chosen four architects (out of 30 applicants) to present their visions to the public:
Full story at Seattle Transit Blog
AIA, the Arts Commission and others sponsored a charette about 20 years ago (held in Pioneer Square somewhere)that envisioned the waterfront without the viaduct. Rather than spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to design “new” ideas, why doesn’t someone look in the old files and pull the ideas out, and work on those. There were ideas for green space, art work, public gathering and performance spaces. Lots of great ideas.