After a new inspection report indicated that the remaining south terrace of Pier 58 could spontaneously collapse, the city has closed the adjacent Pier 57.
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Understanding what happened to Pier 58
Late afternoon this past Sunday a portion of Pier 58, better known as Waterfront Park, collapsed as construction workers were beginning the work to carefully dismantle and remove it. Let’s look at what led to the collapse, where things stand now, and what happens next. UPDATE 9-18-20: The city has now closed the adjacent Pier 57, due to a “condition of imminent danger” from the potential collapse of the remainder of Pier 58.
Continue readingWaterfront LID starts to move forward again, maybe
After several months of work, the city is ready to complete the next milestone toward putting the Waterfront LID in place. But one obstacle remains in its path.
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More details on the Waterfront LID Agreement
This afternoon the City Council got a briefing on the waterfront LID agreement that the city negotiated with property-holders in the proposed LID assessment area, as well as other updates on the Waterfront Park project. Here are some key new learnings beyond my writeup last week.
Continue readingThe Seattle Waterfront, minus the viaduct noise
We’re dabbling in audio journalism today. Do you remember how noisy the waterfront was before the Viaduct was shut down? Wondering how much quieter it is now? I made a recording standing outside the Aquarium around noon on Thursday, January 3. There is moderate traffic on the viaduct, and little surface traffic. I’ve actually stood on the waterfront when the Viaduct traffic was deafening (as I am sure have many of you); it wasn’t that bad on this day, but it was still loud enough that you would need to raise your voice to have a conversation with someone standing …
Continue readingCouncil gets an update on the Waterfront
Last week the Council got an update from the Office of the Waterfront (OOW) on the waterfront reconstruction mega-project’s 2016 progress and the work plan for 2017.
Continue readingWaterfront redevelopment plan wrestles with two issues
This morning the Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries and Waterfront Committee was briefed on two ongoing sticking points with the plan for redeveloping the Seattle Waterfront. One is a thorny problem, and the other is an opportunity to do something really cool.
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