SEATTLE

I didn't see the Joseph Cornell and so now I have to go back.

What is that business down by the fish's tail? A fly-fisher on the shore?

herschel?

GIS I love you (searching for the other proposed WA quarters and i found this)

http://www.magicalrabbit.com/ebay/Gin_and_Tonic.jpg

the tunnel boring machine breaks through, completing the first of two link light rail tunnels under beacon hill:

http://www.king5.com/video/featured-index.html?nvid=142029&shu=1

Tunnel boring pron! White spurting drilling stuff!

They are planting plants along the tracks down by us. I don't want it to sit idle until 2009; there should be short route mule-drawn trams! Take me 3 blocks, up to Othello, to the Safeway and the bank.

boys and their construction toys.

word is it'll open 3-6 months early, so that's something.

http://www.slate.com/id/2166300/

not necessarily a recommendation:

University District Street Fair this weekend

you love it

Hm. No market this morning due to street fair :( But we can go to the Columbia City one on Wednesday night.

The Seattle Cheese Festival is today and tomorrow, down at Pike Place Market. I don't know that we'll go. I had got tix for the cheese nun doco at the art museum for Fri afternoon, but Mr. Jaq had a late running phone interview so we didn't go. (He got the job though, yay!)

congratulations to mr. jaq!

look and this monster. damn. 44 stories at 8th and Pine.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/AVA.jpg

kinda fun:

http://www.urbancondominiums.com/

click on CITYSCAPE 2010 at the top. it'll popup for a flyover video thingee.

ghost buildings

ghost boxes

they managed to save first united methodist and are planning to put a skinny tower next to it. it may look something like this:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20070530/450Church31_Proposed_Massing_with.1.jpg

Escala webcam (I can never seem to get these to work in Firefox):

http://75.160.106.198/user/cgi-bin/view_S_t_uF.thtml

i'd always wondered why the routing of the future LRT line through the u-district didn't go under campus:

Sound Transit moved its tunnel east from Portage Bay to the Montlake Cut, where the soil is more stable; and it agreed to a winding tunnel around the east edge of campus in a future phase, instead of a direct line that could pose vibration risks to UW science labs.

That Escala webcam is cool... live action!

we have to go to the showroom

I've been thinking that the Columbia Tower needs a counterpoint. It takes up too much mental space on the skyline. Something like the Chicago Spire:

http://www.djc.com/special/cmarket2003/BankOfAmerica.jpg http://archrecord.construction.com/news/images/070420calatrava1.jpg

(though they look evenly matched the chicago spire will be about 2x as tall when completed. but you get what i'm saying)

like WOW:

http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/17306/2001440139253023649_rs.jpg

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/320011_landsale16.html

exciting!

what will become of it?

http://www.see-seattle.com/odyssey-carwash.jpg

big day 7-8-7

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Boeing_787_crop.jpg

Marilynne Robinson is giving a free public lecture at 7 pm on 8/15 at the Henry. Spotting the announcement in the Sunday paper gave me giddy fan-girl palpitations!

And, I wondered, is this part of D4n's summer UW series?

it is part of that, as a matter of fact. good call, jaq!

UW / Sound Transit agreement

not exactly seattle but,

tacoma got a new bridge today:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/825215561_99bb2a613d.jpg?v=0

it's very beautiful:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/826125314_5950a410d0.jpg?v=0

Dear Faculty and Staff:

I am writing to congratulate you for helping the University reach a remarkable milestone. This week, the University is announcing that for the first time, total annual funding for sponsored research exceeded $1 billion. These results are for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007, and they include funding for research from the federal government and from private sources like foundations and corporations. Funding from the federal government comprises nearly 80 percent of this total. As you may know, the University of Washington has been the top recipient of federal funds among public universities every year since 1974. It has been in the top five for both public and private universities every year since 1969, and in recent years has been second only to Johns Hopkins.

Yet even with this incredible track record, this year marks the first time our total funding for research has topped a billion dollars.

This is an extraordinary accomplishment at any time, but especially now when federal funding is flat. It is due, of course, to all of you who participate in the University's research enterprise and who work so hard to garner funding for sponsored research. It is, in my view, the single most telling fact about the quality of the people who work here.

Competing so successfully at this level is truly an amazing feat, and I want to thank the many thousands of you who play a role and participate in our research for helping us reach this milestone.

Congratulations to everyone. You should all take great pride in being a part of this exceptional record of success.

Sincerely,

Mark A. Emmert
President

Seattle in the banner today

oh btw good work uw

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/headers/31.jpg

(cuz it looks so good)

http://kasei.us/archives/roadtrip-blue_angels.jpg

since i've been giving portland bars props lately, i figure i should at least give ups to one of my favorite bars in seawa:

http://static.flickr.com/138/406363242_585656a22f.jpg

check out this route map for flights from seattle:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z41/connorc14/sea2.gif

it gives you a good idea of why the flights to/from europe go so far north

AVA (something i like about this one)

http://www.image-upload.net/files/7450/AVAm2.JPG

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/M_IMAGE.11432118fbd.93.88.fa.d0.2dfc0d74.jpg

what is it picture of, please?

oh nevermind, i see it on the other thread. that's great.

there's a sudden explosion of outdoor movies this year, innit?

yeah, totally. used to be just fremont, eh?

seattle's only saltwater pool

hello bank of china knock off in downtown seattle i love u

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/586/5thandcolumbiagb2.jpg

http://lewisbuilds.oxblue.com/cam1/ and click time lapse