In 2014, the City of Seattle studied the idea of building a new pedestrian walkway where the Seneca Street viaduct ramp was, and connecting that to a fully pedestrianized Seneca between Western and Alaskan. What we got instead: no walkway, and back-angle parking.
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Even the option the city looked at that retained vehicle access in 2014 didn't have any parking.
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The city even looked at a few options for a new walkway that were themselves placemaking. Trying to imagine living in the Seattle that picks the second one here.
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All of these designs from other cities were looked at as the inspiration, but in the end we got a design that's so uniquely Seattle.
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