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Seattle City Light Increasing Electrical Capacity Along 1st Avenue

Updated Information: Seattle City Light plans to pull in new underground power lines along 1^st Avenue from King Street to Washington Street on Wednesday, February 26 and then from Washington Street to Cherry Street on Wednesday, March 5. We want you to know about the work and its impacts.

What: Several-day job, pulling and splicing cable

Why: Upgrading our system to increase electrical capacity and reliability

Where: Vaults located in parking lane on west side of First Avenue from King Street to Washington Street and from Washington Street to Cherry Street. See maps on reverse side.

When: Pulling cable between King Street to Washington Street is planned for Wednesday, February 26 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Pulling cable between Washington Street to Cherry Street is planned for Wednesday, March 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Project Impacts – What you can expect:

No planned outages or trenching

City Light trucks on the street, crews working from vault to vault
Splicing cable has limited impacts to traffic and parking and will take place on side streets following the two nights of cable pulling.

Localized traffic, parking, and noise impacts at the vaults where the work is occurring
Uniform police officers will direct traffic

No parking signs will be used for the spaces near the vaults where work is to occur. The signs will give the hours of our work and will be picked up as the work progresses if crews no longer need access to an area. For more information about available parking in the area, please go to: http://downtownseattle.com/parking/index.html

Thank you for your patience. For any questions you may have or for more information, contact Becky Ginn, Electrical Service Representative, at 206-386-1553 or rebecca.ginn@seattle.gov.

Waterfront/Realized Event at Impact HUB

WATERFRONT/REALIZED––a preview of Waterfront Seattle’s 30% design milestone with landscape architect James Corner

Hosted by Friends of Waterfront Seattle
Tuesday, March 4, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
At The Impact HUB in Pioneer Square

Tickets: $10
GET $5 OFF! Enter “ APS ”!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND PURCHASE TICKETS

Curious about our central waterfront’s exciting future? Join Friends of Waterfront Seattle for a special presentation of the 30% design unveiling for Waterfront Seattle with dim sum and beer on March 4th at The Impact HUB in Pioneer Square. Achieving 30% design is a major milestone of the project’s maturation from concept to reality, allowing for the implementation of the public space plan to move forward.

As one of the largest sustainable development projects of its kinds nationwide, Waterfront Seattle will help shape our City’s future by reinventing our central waterfront as a vibrant, dynamic public space. This project encompasses: the rebuilding of the Elliot Bay Seawall; a thoughtful redesign of Alaskan Way; and a bold public space plan that transforms the 2-mile stretch from Pioneer Square to Belltown.

World-renowned landscape architect and lead designer of the project’s public spaces James Corner will share the latest design developments. All ticket proceeds will go towards supporting Friends of Waterfront Seattle’s mission to champion this momentous civic project that will make our urban shoreline a lively and magnetic destination for all. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND PURCHASE TICKETS.

Link to event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/waterfrontrealizeda-preview-of-waterfront-seattles-30-design-with-landscape-architect-james-corner-tickets-10545364469?ref=ebtn

Heidi Hughes

Executive Director

Friends of Waterfront Seattle

901 5th Avenue, Suite 2200

Seattle, WA 98164

206.747.0667 (mobile)

Sidewalk closure required for Pergola repair

Closure expected to last two days

The sidewalk under the Pergola in Pioneer Square will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 6, and Friday, Feb. 7, while workers repair broken glass and assess other damage to the structure.

Contractor Herzog Glass will be on site to replace the 28 glass panels that were broken or damaged after Super Bowl revelers climbed on the Pergola. During the sidewalk closure Seattle Parks and Recreation staff will make a closer inspection of the top of the structure to better understand any damage.

The cost of repairs is estimated to be between $15,000 and $25,000, which has all been donated by the community. Community members Amanda Gallagher Quinn and Shana Pennington-Baird started a crowd-funding campaign that raised more than $16,000 in less than 24 hours. The Western Washington Honda Dealers Association donated $10,000. The Seattle Parks Foundation is handling all the donations. Any money left after Pergola repairs are paid for will be used for Pioneer Square parks and green spaces.

The Pergola was commissioned for construction in 1909 to be the covering to an underground comfort station, said to be the most ornate west of the Mississippi River. When local media told the public about the $25,000 price tag, there was some community resistance. Then-Park Board Executive Ferdinand Schmitz was so certain of future popularity of the Pergola and underground restroom that he promised to repay the City in full if people objected to it. He never had to make good on his promise. The comfort station closed in the 1940s.

On Jan. 15, 2001, the Pergola was hit by a truck, and shattered. The thousands of shards of cast iron were painstakingly pieced together by the century-old, family owned Seidelhuber Iron & Bronze Works in South Park. The refurbished Pergola is now supported by an internal skeleton of 20 tons of structural steel.

The Pergola and the Tlingit Totem Pole in Pioneer Square Park, as well as the adjacent Pioneer Building are all National Historic Landmarks.