Great City, PSCA, and AIA Seattle sponsored a brownbag discussion of the Viaduct’s South Portal and the potential impacts on Pioneer Square. At least that’s what it was supposed to be about. The presentation by SDOT/WSDOT was great and informative (view the video of the presentation...
Link to Part 1, Social Link to Part 2, Economic Link to Part 3, Political Link to Part 4, Physical The Revitalization Committee for Pioneer Square is meeting again tomorrow morning (open to the public) to continue the discussion about revitalizing our neighborhood. I've been posting clips from the...
There’s a brown bag information session today from 12 - 1:30 regarding the Viaduct South Portal. The south entrance has different proposed locations, one of which would essentially turn 1st Ave into a freeway with major traffic. I've heard that Pioneer Square has not been very...
Link to Part 1, Social Link to Part 2, Economic Part three of the Revitalization Committee discusses the Political aspects of Pioneer Square. And who doesn't like a nice political commentary? Here’s the clip from Donovan Rypkema: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCDeMPzpPo4[/youtube] Rypkema said that "if you're serious about having a real, lasting, sustainable...
According to WSDOT's website, the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement team is discussing "new north and south portal locations and a potential new route for the proposed bored tunnel." At the south end (in Pioneer Square), the entrance to the tunnel could be moved a block west to Alaskan...
There has been a lot of press about Pioneer Square every since Elliott Bay Book Co's announcement that they're leaving the square. Just scroll through this blog and you'll find links to articles like "Can Pioneer Square be saved?" and "New boutiques buck recession with...
I met with the Office of Economic Development last week to talk about what type of services they offer to neighborhoods, businesses, and residents. To start with, here is some background on the OED: the Director is appointed by the Mayor (and may or may not...
Outgoing Mayor Greg Nickels, and the Seattle Dept of Planning and Development have submitted proposed changes to the South Downtown Plan. According to the SPD, South Downtown includes: Pioneer Square, Chinatown/ International District, Little Saigon and other areas east of Interstate 5, and land around the...
Ideas for Seattle is a website that let’s anyone submit ideas for the future of our city (on behalf of Mayor-Elect McGinn). You can then log in and are given 10 votes to disperse among the ideas already submitted (a max of 3 per idea). Here...
... was just one of the suggestions brought up at our Public Safety Meeting last night. The meeting was fantastic -- it was set up charette style with the goal for each table to come up with as many ideas as they could to save Pioneer...