Tag: Blue Sky

View from the Pike Place Market

On By Fred KingIn Alki Point, Architecture, Blue Sky, boat, buildings, city, Elliott Bay, iPhone 6, Landscape, Mountain, Pike Place Market, Puget Sound, Seattle, sky, street, Streets, summer, Thoughts, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Yesterday, on a Chamber of Commerce weather day, we took our two grandkids to the Pike Place Market to have lunch and to check out the refurbed section of the Market. We traveled by bus from West Seattle; I have to insert that I think comparing NYC Subways and Seattle Metro buses is likely close to happening).

Highlights of the images ( which are all  shot on my iPhone, with the aid of a detachable lens  are: The Wheel, Mt. Rainier, Elliott Bay, Alki Point in West Seattle and the soon-to-become extinct Viaduct/SR99.

One of the highlights of the outing was viewing and contributing to the new Gum Wall!

Anyway, the foray into downtown Seattle for a few of hours was about all my broken down body could endure. The current Seattle agency in charge of tourism promotion of the city seemed to be doing a bang up job as the Market was jam packed, even for a Tuesday!

Duwamish Access VII

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, Blue Sky, Bridge, clouds, commerce, docks, Duwamish River, Environment, Nikon D610, river, Signage, Uncategorized, Urban DecayLeave a comment

After getting past a No Trespassing sign and fence I was able to get a closer look at this closed pedestrian pier and dock. In the background of one of the images you can see the West Seattle high-rise bridge. This bridge was a replacement for a drawbridge that was hit by a ship back in the 1980’s, I believe.

Duwamish Access VI

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, blue, Blue Sky, Bridge, buildings, docks, Duwamish River, nature, Nikon D610, Park, reflection, river, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Rippling water wake of large barge. What appeared to me as abandoned piers. One of them was a pedestrian pier that is now barricaded. To access the abandoned piers I had to ‘overlook’ a No Trespassing sign :-). Trespassing is pretty common to get into abandoned places or ones of high risk. My next post will take a closer look at the abandoned pier in the “No Trespassing” Zone.

Duwamish River Access II

On By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, Bridge, clouds, Duwamish River, Landscape, Nikon D610, Seattle, Spring, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The image with the bridge is a northwestern view. The bridge is the West Seattle High Rise. The image with the most clouds is a southern view.

The Duwamish River is a working river as well as one used for transit out into Elliott Bay by fisherman and recreational use. The next posting will highlight some of those activities.

New 14th St. Bridge

On By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, Bridge, design, Duwamish River, Nikon D7000, Seattle, South ParkLeave a comment
The bridge, located in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, was completed a couple of years ago. Just this last year it won a design award as best bridge of 2014. It was both fun and educational to watch the bridge being built and attending community meetings along the way.