Redesigning Seattle Center
More than 500 of you responded to the Seattle Times' invitation to readers to design the Seattle Center of the future.
Thank you for your participation in the future of Seattle Center.
Your visions have been thoughtful and creative, and could influence city policymakers as they redesign Seattle Center.
We invite you to take a look and comment on the ideas.
NEW See an exhibit of readers' ideas at Seattle Center
Starting Friday, you can view a selection of reader submissions on display in the north end of the Center House food court. The exhibit will be open during spring festivals at Seattle Center, beginning with the Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival and continuing through Northwest Folklife.
March 31, 2008 10:33 PM
City Stages 2012
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Submitted by:
Tyler, University of Washington
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March 31, 2008 10:10 PM
Emerald Kingdom
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Submitted by:
mseattle, Seattle
EMERALD KINGDOM
EMERALD KINGDOM is a proposal for a multi purpose facility that will either replace or enclosed the Key Arena. The kingdom will have a revamped or new Key Arena, 5 -Star Hotel, new indoor Fun Forest, retail space, and a revolutionary forest museum.
THE NAME
EK is the Kingdom of Emerald City. It will create the ultimate green experience.
ICONIC AND SYMBOLIC
The Emerald Kingdom will become a symbol of hope for our future and a beacon of light to our citizens through its presence and protection.
Skyline
-Emerald Kingdom will add much needed depth and intensity to Seattle Skyline.
-Designed like a mountain to reflect, Washington’s most prized jewel, Mt Rainer.
3 E’s (Elements of Life)
-Education- Revolutionary interactive forest museum
-Environment-indoor green space and secret garden.
-Entertainment- revamped arena, and Indoor theme park (New Fun Forest)
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March 31, 2008 7:09 PM
McDonald's theme
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March 31, 2008 7:05 PM
Keep Seattle Center, add monorail line and Hollywood-style city walk
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March 31, 2008 6:55 PM
A new Seattle central park
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March 31, 2008 6:51 PM
Mirror maze, water slides, ice skating
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Submitted by: Shania & Kela
Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle
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March 31, 2008 6:43 PM
"The Spinning Gardens"
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Submitted by: Gregory M. (age 12)
North Bend
Submitted by a Snoqualmie Middle School sixth grader.
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March 31, 2008 6:28 PM
"An epic new space"
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Submitted by:
Mike Leavitt, Seattle
With an ambitious new plan for The Seattle Center, we need to use what we have, which also provides an opportunity to annex the on-site global icons. The EMP is a product of a world-famous architect, and the Space Needle is a transcendent international landmark. A "Statue of Fertility" will add to these unique landscapes, while providing an epic new space for a Children's Museum and all-ages music venue. The Vera Project's existing use of Seattle Center facilities will benefit greatly from this new venue. New playground and lounge-type structures will provide the space for play and relaxation, while incorporating the architectural elements of the EMP instead of isolating the strange structure.
"Green" developments like water-collection, living roofs, and solar panels are obvious additions, but the bigger picture of "green" construction must be addressed beyond the modest requirements of LEED standards. We cannot continue to waste and demolish enormous structures in Seattle while touting environmental construction practices. Both Memorial Stadium and Key Arena can be "re-used", more efficiently utilized with realistic renovations, and much more fluidly incorporated with the rest of Seattle Center. Larger tree canopies will create more of a public park, and opening the actual center of the Seattle Center grounds will serve the same purpose.
Since the failing of The Seattle Commons, we will likely never have the Central Park Seattle has always wanted. But we may not need such an ambitious park. The SAM Sculpture Park has been an amazing addition to our landscape, and its wide-open, sweeping slopes can be mimicked with Seattle Center re-scaping. We need not ignore the sustainable facilities the Seattle Center already offers, while some intelligent, modest and courageous improvements can create an more worldly, innovative, efficient, and functional public space.
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Mar 31, 08 - 10:33 PM
City Stages 2012
Mar 31, 08 - 10:10 PM
Emerald Kingdom
Mar 31, 08 - 07:09 PM
McDonald's theme
Mar 31, 08 - 07:05 PM
Keep Seattle Center, add monorail line and Hollywood-style city walk
Mar 31, 08 - 06:55 PM
A new Seattle central park

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