Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for Freeway Park Association

civic advocacy
The Win

Freeway Park is the green hinge between the Arch and the rest of the city — literally sitting between the Arch building and First Hill, bridging the freeway that otherwise cuts downtown from Capitol Hill. An activated Arch changes the pedestrian calculus of the entire block: people walk through Freeway Park to get somewhere, not nowhere.

FPA's mission to activate and steward Freeway Park is directly served by the Arch going from dark to alive. This is the most immediate adjacent constituency — a natural early endorser.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Freeway Park Association. There's a civic proposal to convert the WSCC Arch building at 7th & Pike into a year-round public commons operated by Seattle Center. The case being made to Freeway Park Association: Freeway Park is the green hinge between the Arch and the rest of the city — literally sitting between the Arch building and First Hill, bridging the freeway that otherwise cuts downtown from Capitol Hill. An activated Arch changes the pedestrian calculus of the entire block: people walk through Freeway Park to get somewhere, not nowhere. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Freeway Park Association's perspective?