Waterfront Seattle Overview
Waterfront Seattle Overview May 4, 2017
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WATERFRONT SEATTLE PROGRAM
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SEAWALL
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PROMENADE
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INTERSECTIONS
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WATERFRONT SEATTLE PROGRAM
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CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACES 8.2 ACRES
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OVERLOOK WALK
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THANK YOU! Joshua Curtis, Partnerships Manager Seattle Office of the Waterfront [email protected] www.waterfrontseattle.org
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Friends of Waterfront Seattle is that partner.
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WATERFRONT SPACE
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MONTHLY EVENTS: 7-8 AVERAGE MONTHLY VISITORS: 600-700 PUBLIC HOURS: WED-SUN, 12-5PM
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Seattle citizens want a waterfront park.
are paying attention to plans for the waterfront support a public waterfront park say they are likely to visit the new park
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The plan reflects what people asked for.
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PIER 62/63
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PIER 62/63 PRESENT
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PIER 62/63 FUTURE
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Creating economic opportunity for all
+ Ventures equips low-income business owners with business training, support, financial education and access to capital to improve their lives through small business ownership.
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Measuring/advocating for the park’s benefits
+ The Nature Conservancy is evaluating the waterfront park’s: • environmental • economic • social benefits
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Urban Environmental Education Park Programs
+ Friends and IslandWood are developing park programs that connect kids and families to urban shoreline’s ecology and the waterfront park’s green infrastructure
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Move Forward Fast – Know Your History The Pike Place Urban Renewal Plan adopted by ordinance by the City of Seattle in 1974, established priority uses for the future redevelopment of the PC-1site, including PC1, as part of the Market’s core and states that the PC-1 site “…should
provide for the development of commercial, residential, and public spaces to complement the existing market activity.”
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Page 114
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June 1974 Pike Place Design Report. Page 128 Identifies PC1 as priority location for Parking. Report also features overlay of residential on page 114 and Western fronting commercial space on page 70.
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Plan and Listen
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Option BB
Option BB+
Expanded Market Place 50 new rooftop day stalls for farmers and artists
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
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Expanded “Meet the Producer” Space 12,000 square feet of interior space for new, local businesses
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
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Direct Access to Waterfront Multiple access points from Western Avenue to the site, creating direct connections from Downtown through the Market to the new Waterfront
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
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Housing and Social Service Expansion • •
40 new units of low-income, senior housing A Neighborhood Center with expanded social services Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
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WATERFRONT SEATTLE PROGRAM
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SEAWALL
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PROMENADE
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INTERSECTIONS
7
WATERFRONT SEATTLE PROGRAM
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CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACES 8.2 ACRES
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OVERLOOK WALK
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THANK YOU! Joshua Curtis, Partnerships Manager Seattle Office of the Waterfront [email protected] www.waterfrontseattle.org
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Friends of Waterfront Seattle is that partner.
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WATERFRONT SPACE
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MONTHLY EVENTS: 7-8 AVERAGE MONTHLY VISITORS: 600-700 PUBLIC HOURS: WED-SUN, 12-5PM
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Seattle citizens want a waterfront park.
are paying attention to plans for the waterfront support a public waterfront park say they are likely to visit the new park
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The plan reflects what people asked for.
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PIER 62/63
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PIER 62/63 PRESENT
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PIER 62/63 FUTURE
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Creating economic opportunity for all
+ Ventures equips low-income business owners with business training, support, financial education and access to capital to improve their lives through small business ownership.
35
Measuring/advocating for the park’s benefits
+ The Nature Conservancy is evaluating the waterfront park’s: • environmental • economic • social benefits
36
Urban Environmental Education Park Programs
+ Friends and IslandWood are developing park programs that connect kids and families to urban shoreline’s ecology and the waterfront park’s green infrastructure
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HH
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Move Forward Fast – Know Your History The Pike Place Urban Renewal Plan adopted by ordinance by the City of Seattle in 1974, established priority uses for the future redevelopment of the PC-1site, including PC1, as part of the Market’s core and states that the PC-1 site “…should
provide for the development of commercial, residential, and public spaces to complement the existing market activity.”
Page 128
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Page 114
Page 70
June 1974 Pike Place Design Report. Page 128 Identifies PC1 as priority location for Parking. Report also features overlay of residential on page 114 and Western fronting commercial space on page 70.
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1909
1973
1974
1975
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Plan and Listen
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Option BB
Option BB+
Expanded Market Place 50 new rooftop day stalls for farmers and artists
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
44
Expanded “Meet the Producer” Space 12,000 square feet of interior space for new, local businesses
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
45
Direct Access to Waterfront Multiple access points from Western Avenue to the site, creating direct connections from Downtown through the Market to the new Waterfront
Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
46
Housing and Social Service Expansion • •
40 new units of low-income, senior housing A Neighborhood Center with expanded social services Design by The Miller Hull Partnership
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