PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
PIONEER SQUARE PRESERVATION BOARD BRIEFING APRIL 7, 2021
MIG | PERTEET | STUDIO MATTHEWS | HEFFRON TRANSPORTATION | CONCORD | HWA | WHPACIFIC | CHUDGAR PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ON PORTIONS OF MAIN, WASHINGTON, KING AND YESLER STREETS BETWEEN 2ND AVENUE AND ALASKAN WAY IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES ARE:
• CONNECT THE CORE OF PIONEER SQUARE TO THE NEW WATERFRONT; • PROVIDE SAFE, CONVENIENT, GRACEFUL, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AND FOSTER POSTIVE CITY LIFE AND ACTIVITY IN KEY PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS. PROJECT BUDGET AND FUNDING
PROJECT BUDGET AND FUNDING • $20 MILLION BUDGET FOR ALL PROJECT COSTS (DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT); $20 million budget for all project costs (design, • FUNDING PRIMARILY FROM WATERFRONT LOCAL IMPROVEMENT • environmental, construction, construction DISTRICT (LID), SUPPORTED BY OTHER CITY FUNDS management) • Funding primarily from Waterfront Local Improvement District (LID), supported by other City funds
4 PROJECT SCHEDULE
• MARCH 2021 - 60% DESIGN • AUGUST 2021 - 90% DESIGN, APPLY FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL • DECEMBER 2021 - 100% DESIGN • SUMMER 2022 - START CONSTRUCTION ORIGINAL STUDY AREA
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG PRIORITIZED IMPROVEMENTS YESLER
WASHINGTON
MAIN FIRST AVE ALASKAN WAY SECOND AVE OCCIDENTAL AVE S AVE OCCIDENTAL
KING
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG ORIGINAL SHORELINE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG LIVING LEGACIES
1851 2020 1889 PERIOD OF 1931 SIGNIFICANCE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG LIVING LEGACIES
6,000 2020 BCE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG LIVING LEGACIES
1851 1889 1931
6,000 2020 BCE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG REGROUNDING: ACKNOWLEDGE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG REGROUNDING: EXPOSE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG REGROUNDING: KNIT
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY YESLER MOBILITY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER MOBILITY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG GATEWAY: PEOPLE DRIVING
HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG GATEWAY: PEOPLE WALKING AND ROLLING
HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG GATEWAY: PEOPLE WALKING AND ROLLING
OCCIDENTAL PARK PIONEER SQUARE PARK 485’ 500’ FIRST AVENUE 291’
300’
535’
474’ HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY PRESENT DAY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY VIEWS
OLYMPICS SMITH TOWER (1914) COLMAN DOCK PERGOLA (1909) WATERFRONT PROMENADE
SEATTLE STEAM (1902) SITE OF YESLER’S MILL (1852)
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG MILL STREET HISTORY
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER + WESTERN: INSPIRATION
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY CONCEPT - PLAN
CITIZEN M HOTEL TRAVELER’S BUILDING
RUNBERG PVT 71 P.S. P.S. ALLEY YESLER SALOON HOTEL
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY PERSPECTIVE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY PRECEDENTS
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG YESLER WAY PLAN RENDERED PLAN
AREAWAYS
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG S WASHINGTON + S MAIN STREETS AREAWAYS
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG TRAFFIC IMPACTS AREAWAYS WASHINGTON AND MAIN: AREAWAY IMPACTS 12.5’ SIDEWALK 12.5’ SIDEWALK / LOADING 8’ PARKING LANE 12.5’ TRAVEL / LOADING 8’ PARKING 12.5’ TRAVEL LANE 12.5’ TRAVEL
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG TRAFFIC REVISION: ONE-WAY MORE PEDESTRIAN SPACE, GREENERY, ACCESSIBILTY
YESLER
WASHINGTON
MAIN
JACKSON SECOND FIRST AVE OCCIDENTAL
Proposed traffic revisions to achieve project goals.
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG TRAFFIC REVISION + AREAWAYS WASHINGTON AND MAIN: PROPOSED AREAWAY RELIEF 18’ SIDEWALK 18’ SIDEWALK 14’ TRAVEL LANE 14’ TRAVEL - - - 17’ 17’ / LOADING 8’ PARKING / LOADING 8’ PARKING 12’
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG S MAIN + S WASHINGTON PLAN WASHINGTON AND MAIN: PROPOSED AREAWAY RELIEF FIRST AVE SECOND AVE OCCIDENTAL AVE S AVE OCCIDENTAL
WASHINGTON 18’ SIDEWALK 18’ SIDEWALK 14’ TRAVEL LANE 14’ TRAVEL - - - 17’ 17’ / LOADING 8’ PARKING / LOADING 8’ PARKING 12’ Raised curbless Parking configured Raised brick Angled parking Green gateways streets Alaskan to to reduce areaway intersections at east of Occidental Occidental stresses Occidental ALASKAN WAY
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PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG CURBLESS PAST, CURBLESS FUTURE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG ORIGINAL SHORELINE
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG MANIPULATED SHORELINES
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG BLENDING LAND + WATER FIRST AVE ALASKAN WAY
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PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Washington Street: Place names integrated into posts
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 13 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Washington Street post series content
You are standing at the edge of the Historic Seattle Shoreline. This place has served many communities over time, and known many names. Before skyscrapers and roadways were tidal marshes and the Puget Sound coastline. The Pioneer Square region is called Djidjila'letch in Lushootseed, which means “Little Crossing-Over Place.”
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You are standing at the edge of the Historic Seattle Shoreline. This place has served many communities over time, and known many names. Before skyscrapers and roadways were tidal marshes and the Puget Sound coastline. The Pioneer Square region is called Djidjila'letch in Lushootseed, which means “Little Crossing-Over Place.”
Night: Light shines through
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 15 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG MATERIALS Flexible Wood “Decks” Vehicular cobbles, Brick and stone Pedestrian half-sawn 2x2 Pioneer Square for cafe seating, etc rough hewn, non-ADA alleypavers in cobbles, sawn face sidewalk concrete customized Shoreline becomes ADA-compliant Alley patterns setts. FIRST AVE ALASKAN WAY
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PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Demarcating the Shoreline Ground Treatment
Paver Wave Designs
Wall Panels YESLER WY.
Future Phase Pavers 1ST AVE
WASHINGTON ST.
OCCIDENTAL PARK
MAIN ST.
JACKSON ST.
ShorelinePIONEER Interpretation SQUARE March EAST-WEST 29, 2021 STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS StudioAPRIL Matthews 2021 4 OWCP MIG Demarcating the Shoreline Ground Treatment
Paver designs depict waves on a coastline—with a slightly different Yesler & Yesler
pattern at each location Firehouse & Nord Washington Washington Washington & Firehouse
Main & Firehouse
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 4 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Demarcating the Shoreline Wall Panel ALLEY SHORELINE
You are standing at the Historic Seattle Shoreline. This area is called“Djidjila'letch” in Lushootseed, meaning “Little Crossing-Over Place.”
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Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 7 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Demarcating the Shoreline Hatch Covers
Map of hatch covers in Pioneer Square area Hatch covers located along “Shoreline Alley”
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 9 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG
Demarcating the Shoreline Hatch Covers
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Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 10 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Washington Street Lighting Overlay
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 18 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG Possibility for alley lighting to further mark shoreline
Seattle City Hall light installation on Cherry St. Expanding on recent overhead lighting implementation, wired systems can create dynamic and fluid lighting reminiscent of an ever-changing waterline.
Shoreline Interpretation March 24, 2021 Studio Matthews 19 PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG ORIGINAL ECOLOGIES FIRST AVE
ALASKAN WAY OCCIDENTAL PARK + MALL S WASHINGTON ST
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG PLANT COMMUNITIES SHORELINE SHADE UPLAND SHADE UPLAND SUN SHORELINE SUN FIRST AVE
ALASKAN WAY OCCIDENTAL PARK + MALL S WASHINGTON ST
TELLIMA SWORD FERN NOOTKA ROSE CAMAS
SALAL WOOD SORREL OREGON SUNSHINE TUFTED HAIRGRASS
LADY FERN VINE MAPLE YARROW DOUGLAS ASTER
EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY SNOWBERRY BEARBERRY YELLOWTWIG DOGWOOD
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG SITE FURNISHINGS
PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG
S WASHINGTON ST PERSPECTIVE
S MAIN ST PERSPECTIVE S KING STREET S KING STREET PLAN FIRST AVE ALASKAN WAY
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PIONEER SQUARE EAST-WEST STREETS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS APRIL 2021 OWCP MIG