Slog - Comments on Kiss and Make Nice http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice You may recall that Mike Ross’s plans for kissing fighter jets in the Capitol Hill Sound Transit Station nearly incited a riot in spring. Well, designs for the station—including those pastel jets—are now 90 percent complete. So you better start liking them. Tonight Sound Transit will unveil a near-final draft of art by Ross and the talented Ellen Forney, who is creating a mural for the station, as well as station architecture, green-wall landscaping, and the art installations they’ll be planting in storefronts while they get ready to build. Writes Forney: I'm hoping people come so they can ask their... Copyright 2008 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:10:47 -0800 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by litlnemo What Broadway is going to look like for the next 8 years?

It's going to look like http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdong/2221525163/ . A big freaking plywood wall, just like the one that's been around the Beacon Hill station site for years now. Enjoy!

]]> litlnemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181012 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:21:47 -0800 Comment by mojo mojito ugh... I keep hoping someone will come to their senses and nix the kissing fighter jets. What a fucking mess.

]]> mojo mojito http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181019 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:11 -0800 Comment by Greg Excavating a shallow station using cut and cover is the only method that makes any sense. You wouldn't bother with the risk and expense of undermining unless there was some absolutely vital object on the surface that couldn't be removed.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181061 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:58:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I thought the big tour was this Friday?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181066 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:59:58 -0800 Comment by John Sorry they didn't make it a sculpture of a giant hipster.

I think they thought they were sparing the station something actually representative of Capitol Hill.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181139 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:53:30 -0800 Comment by Ben Schiendelman I love the jets!

]]> Ben Schiendelman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181226 City Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:31:25 -0800 Comment by NaFun The first time you glide down the escalator after walking past Ellen's gorgeous murals you are going to fall in love with the fighter jets. They're gonna be beautiful!

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/kiss_and_make_nice#c1181417 City Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:24:44 -0800