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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The Alaskan Way Viaduct

The Alaskan Way Viaduct: 
From a highway to a public space, Seattle plans to reclaim its waterfront.

Image Courtesy of Friends of Waterfront Seattle



http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/06/how-seattle-is-reclaiming-its-waterfront-from-an-elevated-urban-highway/397325/

It’s been a few years since the city started to demolish the double-decker From The Atlantic Alaskan Way Viaduct that severs downtown from Elliott Bay. And it’ll be several more until the job is done. But Seattle is already making progress on the multi-part, billion-dollar waterfront plan that will recapture acres of prime area that have lived in the shadows of the road for half a century.