Alaskan Way Viaduct

A Beautiful Love Letter to the Alaskan Way Viaduct

A Beautiful Love Letter to the Alaskan Way Viaduct

With the viaduct's days numbered, local artist Paul Komada creates a multimedia homage.

Gallery4Culture hosts Paul Komada’s latest exhibition.

Happy New Year, Seattle: Four Things to Look Forward to in 2017

Happy New Year, Seattle: Four Things to Look Forward to in 2017

As we close the last chapter of 2016, let us look foward to the promise of 2017 with hope in our hearts. Here are a few things to look forward to

Cheers to the new year!

Welcoming Bertha, the World's Biggest Tunnel Boring Machine

Welcoming Bertha, the World’s Biggest Tunnel Boring Machine

Advice for the new girl.

The world’s largest-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) is travelling all the way from Osaka, Japan to dig the two-mile-long tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Named for Seattle’s first and only woman mayor, Bertha Landes (a tough groundbreaker herself), the sharp-toothed, 7,000-ton Bertha may have a little trouble busting through “the Seattle freeze.” We…

Viaduct for Dummies: What's Fun About Shutting Down the Viaduct?

Viaduct for Dummies: What’s Fun About Shutting Down the Viaduct?

There’s been a lot of uneasy muttering here at SeaMag World Headquarters lately, ever since SDOT made it real and announced the dates of the first Viaduct-wrecking party (Oct. 21-31). Though we know it might one day try to kill us, several of us still insist upon using the thing to get to and from…

Viaduct for Dummies: Tunnel Clears Hurdle; Environmental Impact Statement Signed

Viaduct for Dummies: Tunnel Clears Hurdle; Environmental Impact Statement Signed

From the mixed-metaphors department here at Seattle mag comes this update on the ever-updating saga that is the future of our waterfront: City officials are celebrating this week’s signing of the final Alaskan Way Viaduct environmental impact statement, which effectively removes one more hurdle on the replacement project’s road to realization. Like most viaduct/tunnel updates,…

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