Bus Tunnel

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Many cities have subways, but Seattle is the only one I've experienced with bus tunnels under the city streets rather than trains. The Metro Bus Tunnel system has five stations and was completed in 1990 for use by gas and electric powered buses. It was renovated fifteen years later to accommodate joint use of buses and the new Link Light Rail system. It was re-dubbed the Seattle Transit Tunnel when it reopened two years ago. If you'd like to go on a ride through the tunnel from the comfort of your own screen, click this video!

Bus Tunnel

Photo & Text Copyright 2009 Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved, including reproduction or republishing.

Many cities have subways, but Seattle is the only one I've experienced with bus tunnels under the city streets rather than trains. The Metro Bus Tunnel system has five stations and was completed in 1990 for use by gas and electric powered buses. It was renovated fifteen years later to accommodate joint use of buses and the new Link Light Rail system. It was re-dubbed the Seattle Transit Tunnel when it reopened two years ago. If you'd like to go on a ride through the tunnel from the comfort of your own screen, click this video!

Thinkinboutcha

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Thinking fondly of my older brother today with this after sundown view out over Puget Sound from the beach at Golden Gardens. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Thinkinboutcha

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Thinking fondly of my older brother today with this after sundown view out over Puget Sound from the beach at Golden Gardens. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Skywatch: Seattle's Sunrise Yesterday

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This was the sky that greeted us in Seattle yesterday morning, heavy with a cloud front, but gorgeous when lit from underneath by Aurora's rosy fingers. It is my shot for this weeks Skywatch Friday. You can see hundreds of skies around the world today. Just take a look through the thumbnails for all the participants here.

Skywatch: Seattle's Sunrise Yesterday

Photo & Text Copyright 2009 Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved, including reproduction or republishing.

This was the sky that greeted us in Seattle yesterday morning, heavy with a cloud front, but gorgeous when lit from underneath by Aurora's rosy fingers. It is my shot for this weeks Skywatch Friday. You can see hundreds of skies around the world today. Just take a look through the thumbnails for all the participants here.

You Say He Saw His Shadow!?

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J.P. Patches, the beloved Seattle television clown and public figure has been paid tribute in many ways, from days of celebration in his honor, to plaques from the charities and hospitals he so often gave his time and talents to, to action figures being made in his likeness, to this wonderful very lifelike and playful sculpture placed in tribute in the Fremont neighborhood in August of 2008. This is a detail of "Late for the Interurban" by sculpter Kevin Pettelle. As you might guess from the sculpture's title, it is situated just across Soltice Plaza from Waiting For the Interurban, which you saw yesterday. When I visited J.P. and Gertrude, there wasn't much sun above, despite the fact that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhogs Day this week, predicting six more weeks of winter. But, with J.P., even amidst the gloomy gray skies and with only an iPhone to capture an image, things are always looking up!