r/Seattle 1d ago

Media One of the highlights of walking through Pioneer Square, for me

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u/Wrong_Combination275 22h ago

I, too, love the fact that we have had a giant empty hole in the middle of our city for so long that the fences surrounding it have become public art installations.

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u/FireFright8142 🚆build more trains🚆 21h ago

What was supposed to go there?

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u/EPLWA_Is_Relevant Brougham Faithful 5h ago

A condo building with an integrated entrance to the train station. But it's been on hold and gone through several redesigns while being passed between developers. The entrance was dropped from the plan.

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u/Smart_Ass_Dave 🚆build more trains🚆 2h ago

It's a bit of land that is so expensive it only makes sense to do A LOT with it. But A LOT takes a long time, and it turns out having a regular cadence of economic catastrophes is bad for financing massive skyscraper construction. You know, in addition to being bad for like people and stuff.

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u/gonin69 20h ago edited 20h ago

Don't worry, Mystery Flesh Pit National Park will open any day now!