Submitted by:
Howard Carson, Seattle

I would like to see the Seattle Center to be an all weather facility, so not having a Center House would take away usability during cold and/or wet days. In keeping with previously stated ideas, I see an inside looking out Center House with the food vendors (all local, no national franchises) in the center. Upper floors will be for a new home for the Children's Museum, Education, and Administration; as well as a rooftop public garden and restaurant. As a centerpiece I see two glass "Bubblators" similar to the elevators on the "La Defence" arch in Paris (see image in document). The outside glass will be lit up at night to glow in varied colors - maybe even to the beat of the same music that the International Fountain moves to.

In place of the Fun Forest I see a grassy area that will include an enclosed play tower that connects via bridge to the Center House (themed on the game Chutes and Ladders), a Splash Park for warm weather much like the one on Granville Island in Vancouver BC, and in the reflection of the Purple Haze wall on the EMP there should be an Interactive Sculpture Garden where all are encouraged to touch, climb, and play.