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See, and who says Seattle doesn't have history? Were just like fuckin Athens bitches (but with more birchenstocks and REI fleeces).

Posted by JoshMahar | December 22, 2007 12:14 PM
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And here I thought Boston was the Athens of America...

Posted by RainMan | December 22, 2007 12:44 PM
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Nobody has been able to tell me where these are from (and no, they are not from the original UofW)

Posted by Lake | December 22, 2007 12:53 PM
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the pillars were once on the front of the OLD public library downtown

torn down in the 1950's - then rebuilt again with the present sky break building which is a foolish library - oh, well

Seattle like to mess with its public buildings - too much tax money laying around I guess - must be spent

Posted by George | December 22, 2007 12:58 PM
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Seattle: long on barbaric history, short on civilized history.

Posted by Herodotus | December 22, 2007 1:00 PM
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Have any of you guys watched the presentation given at a recent TED conference from once one of the architects who designed the downtown library? Pretty interesting process they used to arrive at its actual design.

Posted by crk on bellevue ave | December 22, 2007 1:27 PM
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Seattle like to complain about city planning. No participate in make better--just smoke pot surf internet

Posted by Cave Man | December 22, 2007 1:55 PM
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Too bad that view of the space needle will be history with new high rise development they have planned for 8th and Virginia.

Posted by Polka Party | December 22, 2007 4:40 PM
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Yeah, I will miss the Space Needle. That sucks.

Posted by Surreptitious Testicular Titillation | December 22, 2007 5:22 PM
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All you ever wanted to know about the columns....

http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/proparks/projects/borenpikepinepark.htm

Posted by NapoleonXIV | December 22, 2007 6:51 PM
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all these years I have been told and thought the pillars were from the old library

now, I am better informed by the truth, thanks Nappy # 14

the park deserves a Greek or Roman name

it was once the ACT UP needle exchange site - at the the beginning

a quintessential traffic noise vortex, open space more than park

Posted by George | December 22, 2007 8:36 PM
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It's actually more than I knew. I thought they were the pillars from the UW's first building.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | December 22, 2007 11:56 PM
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The city needs more small parks like these.

Posted by K X One | December 23, 2007 1:15 AM
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Somewhere I remember reading "they" designed that portion of I5 to be lidded. I sure wish I remember where I read that. It seems obvious they did, most of it already has a lid, and what doesn't is very far below street level.

So when The Stranger finally gets bought out by Rupert Murdoch, all those lousy stock options the staff will be worth something! All hail NWS! All we can hope for is they remember their roots and pony up a few mil for a park over Interstate 5.

So, come on Stra...er.. News Corp Staff, all you guys do now is buy Porches, Herman Miller office chars, and 10,000sqft Mansions in Bambie's virgin rain forest. Help us hill rats out, eh? Remember your roots bros! Build is a park!

But I'm serious about that lid. Somebody smarter than me should dig up research that supports my assertion about I5's design. Then when one of us gets rich (or sleeps with Paul Allen), we can get a new park. Hell, If I ever strike it rich, I seriously would blow gobs of money on improving Capitol Hill, starting with a lid over I5 and a pedestrian bridge from Melrose to SLU.

Posted by crk on bellevue ave | December 23, 2007 11:16 AM
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Brave Republican Troll is on a smear campaign against Dan Savage today. He doesn't care about the children dying in Iraq. All he cares about is the fact that Savage supported the war at some point in the past.

My disgust cannot be overstated. When all you care about is smearing people who disagree with you while overlooking the suffering and death we are causing - and even supporting it - you are a lousy human being.

My apologies for the repeat posting. I'm hunting Troll. Big, fat, blubbering Republican Troll.

Posted by montex | December 23, 2007 1:05 PM
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It is generally wrong to interpret the approach of a developer as anything less than the approaching footsteps of doom, no matter what they say.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | December 24, 2007 1:13 AM
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Ouch! Wrong topic!

Sorry....

Posted by NapoleonXIV | December 24, 2007 1:14 AM
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It looks like a still from the Project Runway transition footage of NYC. Love that green filter!

Posted by spencer | December 24, 2007 3:59 PM

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