Tag: lid i-5

May 23, 2024

Tonight: Author of ‘From Rails to Trails’ at Town Hall Seattle

Peter Harnik, the author of a book documenting the history of the United States’ rail trails will speak at Town Hall Seattle tonight (May 23) along with Katy Ricchiuto from Lid I-5 and Tyler Vasquez from Cascade Bicycle Club. The event starts 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall’s Wyncote NW Forum space. Sliding scale tickets are…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, events, katy ricchiuto, lid i-5, peter harnik
June 27, 2017

Lid I-5 campaign open house will look at a downtown housing and trail concept

I-5 is a giant barrier between downtown and our city’s densest neighborhoods, Capitol Hill and First Hill. Land is so immensely valuable in this area that building a top over I-5 (essentially a giant bridge that feels like city land) is an effective way to create new space for affordable housing, park space and other…
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tagged: lid i-5
March 2, 2017

Walk through the Battery Street Tunnel Sunday + What will be its legacy in our city?

The Battery Street Tunnel has been part of Seattle for 65 years, but very few people have ever had the opportunity to walk through it. Well, Sunday morning is your chance. Walk the Battery is a free public event, part of an ongoing art initiative “b’End Tunnel” by Aaron Asis and Project Belltown that will…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, aurora, b’End Tunnel, battery street tunnel, belltown, lid i-5, sr 99, waterfront
December 29, 2016

Convention Center expansion should help build major bike network crossroads

Much of the talk about public benefits from the planned Washington State Convention Center expansion has been focused on the very exciting idea of building a lid over more of I-5 connecting downtown to Capitol Hill and First Hill. The Lid I-5 campaign hopes to get the full cost of a technical feasibility study paid…
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tagged: capitol hill, downtown, first hill, i-5, lid i-5, pike/pine, WA State Convention Center