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By Clair Enlow
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March 26, 2008
Design Perspectives: The center needs new friends — and neighbors
A new, more park-like center is staged to emerge. But so far, it's still an island.
The Century 21 Master Plan is making the comment rounds now, with solid ideas for rearranging and de-cluttering Seattle Center, the beloved fairground that has become the city's living room.
This is not just a spruce-up. Like the last master plan for the center, it both affirms and re-imagines the place. It also carries a price tag of $676 million, and would require significant commitments from city government and taxpayers to pull off.
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- Design Perspectives: In-city farms? Maybe not such a wild idea after all, 02-27-2008
- Design Perspectives: Real architecture, but it's from a factory, 02-06-2008
- Design Perspectives: Are we reaching peak pavement?, 01-02-2008
- Design Perspectives: The ‘equity players' are in, but where have all the people gone?, 11-28-2007
- Design Perspectives: We'll soon see how South Downtown will grow, 10-24-2007
- Design Perspectives: It's time to pay attention to the waterfront again, 09-26-2007
- Design Perspectives: City parks: Listen to the Philadelphia story, 08-29-2007
- Design Perspectives: A look at Seattle's great places, current and future, 07-25-2007
