Photos from Friday Tour

    Here are some shots from our trip today.

    We saw City Hall Park from the bus. Cannonballs from the battleship Decatur shooting at natives in the mid 1800's have been uncovered as recently as 1995.

    We learned that Kinnear Park was sold to Seattle for $1.00.

    We listened to Chief Seattle's address to the Department of the Interior and realized we were walking on the ashes of many ancestors.

    We visited a machine shop on Elliot Avenue. A sign says, "If you have a complaint, ask Mr. White." I asked, "Who is Mr. White?" They said, "We're all Mr. White." It has been in the same family for three generations. They showed us old photos of Elliot Avenue. First it was water, then it was a wooden logging road. We visited a chicken coop behind the shop!

    We saw herons, a seagull swallowing a starfish, smelled a rose that reminded us of Scotch Tape, spotted a gribble in driftwood, listened to waves, learned about the importance of intertidal environments in the reconstruction of the seawall, saw a totem pole with a bear and mosquito, and saw sculpture titled "Adjacent, Against, Upon," and had lunch at Anthony's Fish and Chips. It was Joshua's first ever fish and chips.

    We learned that Myrtle Edwards was a musician and open minded advocate for public parks.

    Cary Moon and Katey Bean helped us understand what important issues we need to confront in our waterfront design.

    We spotted fish, starfish, and crabs in the water.

    We saw a mime on Alaskan Way. He mirrored Joshua and Quinn.

    And we took the bus back to school.

    Stay tuned for part 2 next Friday!

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Old Seattle Maps

    When the Denny Party arrived here in 1851, about 500 Duwamish Indians lived around Elliott Bay, and hundreds more in villages from Shilshole Bay to present-day Renton. Elliott Bay appears here as drawn by a U.S. Navy coastal survey in 1854. At that time, these shores were blanketed with a coastal forest of Douglas firs, cedars and hemlock, interspersed with open spaces maintained by the natives. (from the Seattle Times).

    More maps can be seen here.

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Back in the Day

    Check out this map of the Native settlements before Seattle was a city. Later land fill and landmarks are included for reference.

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Friday Tour Map

    Here's the route for Friday. I broke it into four parts.

    The first part is getting from school to Queen Anne via bus (in black) That will take about half an hour.

    The second part is walking from Queen Anne to the waterfront via Kinner Park and a big footbridge across railroad tracks (in red). That will take about half an hour.

    The third part is walking along the waterfront via Myrtle Edwards Park and the Olympic Sculpture Park (in green). That will take about an hour.

    The last part is walking along the waterfront via Alaskan Way and through Pioneer Square (in blue). That will take about two hours (including lunch).

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We Might Not See These on Friday


    These flea sized insects are called Gribbles. They are eating the wood in Seattle's seawall. The city needs to replace the wall so that the next earthquake doesn't flood downtown!

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Sites We Will See Friday

    We are going to use all five of our senses on our waterfront tour.

    We will see the first totem pole being carved in Seattle in 70 years and look at the waterfront through binoculars on the roof at Pier 66. We will listen to water, birds, and traffic. We will smell different roses. We will taste Ivar's clam chowder and "keep clam." We will touch the water and sculptures.

    We will walk through a helix.

    We will see mummies, a bear holding a mosquito, an orange eagle, a miniature light house, a double mobius strip, a huge yellow letter C, and if we are lucky, even a unicorn!

    Not only will Tanya join us for biology discussions, Cary Moon from the Seattle Waterfront Coalition, and Katey Bean from the Washington State Department of Transportation will join us to teach us about design, traffic, and political issues. I have a bunch of historical information to share about the waterfront as we walk.

    Wear good walking shoes, bring a camera, and something to eat or money for lunch.

    Scroll down to see some of the photos a took on my dry run through the tour on Wednesday.











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Preliminary Structure Assignments

    Here are the preliminary assignments for existing structures:

    Grain Elevators - Aaron, Martin
    Myrtle Edwards Park - Joshua
    Olympic Sculpture Park - Joshua, Isabel, Margaux, Asher
    Pier 70 (Restaurant) - Ben, Joshua, Asher
    Pier 69 (Victoria Clipper) - Quinn, Ben, Asher
    Pier 97 (Edgewater Hotel) - Margaret, Isabel
    Pier 66 (Bell Harbor Conference Center, Marina, Cruise Ship Dock) - Aaron, Martin
    Pier 62/63 (Concert Stage) - Joshua, Zane
    Pier 59 (Aquarium) - Zane, Quinn, Ben, Margaret, Asher, Margaux
    Pier 57 (Gift, Restaurant) - Zane, Asher
    Pier 56 (Argosy Cruises) - Margaux
    Pier 55 (Tillicum Village) - Margaux, Joshua
    Pier 54 (Charters, Ivars, Ye Olde Curiosity Shop) - Isabel, Margaux
    Pier 52 (Ferry Terminal) - Martin, Aaron, River, Zane

    Here are some things we want to add:

    Unicorns - Peyton
    Food Trucks - Margaux
    Fountain - Ben
    Skate Park - Joshua
    Dog Park - River
    Slaughter House - TBD
    Spleef Arena - TBD
    Mall - TBD
    Nuke Plant - TBD
    Animal Parks/Zoo - TBD

    Here are some additional existing structures we want to include:

    Space Needle
    Key Arena
    Pike Market
    Public Library
    PSCS
    Century Link Field

    Here are some Minecraft things we want to build in the real world:

    Pigs
    Chickens
    Creeper Head
    Meat
    Mushrooms

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Diamond Ore Block


    We decided to build a diamond ore block. We will need several shades of gray and blue to skin our block.

    All the exits to the school are less than one meter wide. Scobie will help with the design to make sure we can collapse it so we can fit it through doors. We will build three sides of the block since that's all that show in a picture.

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What Kind of Block Will We Build?


    Wood, water, air, sand, dirt, TNT, wool, diamond, obsidian, or gold? Here is a page for all the block types.

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People's Waterfront Coalition


    Check out this site by local activists and urban designers. There is some great information on the waterfront ecology, economics, and design. I invited Cary Moon from this group to come with us on our Friday waterfront tour. Mouse over the images here to see before and after ideas.

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Waterfront Server Getting Set Up

    Adam found a way to generate a 1:1 Seattle map on the server. It is taking a long time to process the data but we are making progress. I'll keep you posted.

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Server Update

    When we loaded the Seattle map on the server we found out it was 1/10th scale. We will try to fix this before our third class meeting. Meanwhile, we will build the real one meter cube on Tuesday and visit the waterfront on Friday.

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