on the waterfront
A Bold New Waterfront Is Coming to Seattle Soon
After more than 65 years of being cut off from downtown Seattle, a new waterfront is set to unfurl, dramatically changing the city’s landscape
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue and is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. See PDF version of waterfront map here. Click here to subscribe. Seattle’s new downtown waterfront—a combination of projects so monumental in their collective scope that it’s hard to think of them as a single program—is finally coming into view. Squint just…
Seattle Waterfront Gets Artistic
Arts and culture are a significant focus of the vision for Seattle’s new waterfront, including permanent art installations by local and internationally renowned artists
This article is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. Shaun Peterson, a member of the Puyallup Tribe and a contemporary Coast Salish artist, is developing three bronze and red cedar figures that will overlook Puget Sound, reflecting the historic connection between the Coast Salish tribes and the Seattle waterfront. Many of Winnipeg-based Cedric Bomford’s previous…
How Seattle’s Waterfront Plan Took Shape
See Seattle waterfront's milestones
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue and is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. Click here to subscribe. 2001February: Nisqually Earthquake occurs and damages the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct 2009January: City, county and state governments agree to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel December: City forms Central Waterfront Partnerships Committee 2010September:…