How about one last CHS post about the new Glo’s? Its arrival seems to be the final bump needed to get more daily use of the plaza above Capitol Hill Station.
The new diner’s perch on the edge of the AIDS Memorial Pathway and plaza affords some new opportunities starting with the deck area at Glo’s where the diner’s Julie Reisman tells CHS seating will be going in soon just across from E Barbara Bailey Way and Cal Anderson Park.
There is also a future opportunity for Glo’s to spread out along the plaza with more patio seating but Reisman said the plan is see how the deck works out first.
One thing that Glo’s won’t be using the plaza for is parking. Work vehicles were in the plaza as the restaurant got its final opening touches but that was a temporary thing, Reisman said.
A few more businesses are also being lined up to open around the plaza.
Meanwhile, Sundays will continue to transform the space into the home of the Capitol Hill Farmers Market. And Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center will also continue to program events and gatherings in the plaza.
Finally, Sound Transit’s promised bike parking will finally be added above the station this summer. A spokesperson says crews will soon be doing some site work and preparation for the installation of 16 on-demand bicycle lockers. The new lockers should be open by late summer.
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Lol we’ll only use the plaza as parking when we feel like it.
Yay for bike lockers!
Please have seating facing the plaza. This is such a great but underutilized public space. We also need food trucks and markets that activate the space more than one day a week like was originally promised.
it’s underutilized because it’s a design failure. The entire concept from the oversized neoliberal buildings, the failed rail network, the lack of art, lack of anything to do, lack of interesting businesses, monotonous concrete, gray, souless, etc. Keep up the good work, “Urbanist”.
lol
By public space you mean parking lot?
I sat in that plaza last night eating takeout from M2M, Beautiful Wednesday night. Couldn’t help but think what a missed opportunity this whole design is; we have tons of foot traffic on broadway, people coming out of the light rail station at John; and no one in the plaza. Why wasn’t the plaza directly at the intersection?
Because SDOT and the mayor refuse to cede any streets to pedestrians. Barbara Bailey Way should be one big plaza but the city refused to allow the street to be closed to cars permanently.
Look at what Paul wrote above. He rightly called the plaza area “monotonous concrete, grey, soulless, etc.” He’s right. It’s not a very inviting place to sit and hang out. And when I’m going to/from the light rail station, I’m in transit; I’m either on the way to someplace, or I’m headed home, and I wouldn’t want to stop and hang out somewhere.
No, we wouldn’t have wanted it at the intersection! Why would we want to attract groups of people to an area where others are boarding buses or heading to the light rail? Who’d want to thread through crowds of people or tables and chairs w/your suitcases, etc? Terrible idea.
And @Aaron, stop sounding so paranoid.