“From Elliot Bay and Puget Sound to Lake Washington, Duwamish Waterway, Green Lake and Lake Union, Seattle is shaped by water. Yet, the Pacific metropolis is also a city profoundly shaped by — and built around — cars. Through most of the last century, the auto-centric reality was seldom more glaringly apparent than on the Elliot Bay waterfront, where the sprawling Alaskan Way Viaduct effectively cut off downtown Seattle from its scenic western edge. Fortunately, things are changing. Over the last decade, the hulking elevated roadway has gradually been dismantled, revealing the waterfront’s latent civic potential. And on Pier 59, the recently completed Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion elegantly knits a sliver of the shore back into the urban fabric.”
— Stefan Novakovic

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