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Patano’s conceptual lid proposal. Click to enlarge. (Patano Studio Architecture)

The preferred WSCC expansion design hangs over the freeway at the west corner of Pine Street and Boren Avenue. At street level this corner of the building will have small retail spaces and building entries. The building’s exterior will also have much greater transparency than the original WSCC facility. (LMN Architects)
Almost all of Seattle’s Center City does not meet goals for useable public open space. (Data from City of Seattle; graphic by the author)
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