Seattlest: Hotel Replacing Greyhound Station

jessejb

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:17:17 -0800

thats interesting...I should go look at it today. well, until I accidently step on a heroin needle.

brappy

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:50:05 -0800

The building is historically significant, though. It was built as the Seattle terminus of the Seattle-Everett interurban line in the 1920s. If you get a chance to look at the architectural details, it's kind of pretty.

z33bleoop

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:32:39 -0800

good riddance

johnnye

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:33:24 -0800

Yes, thank God for skyscraper city!

jessejb

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:09:13 -0800

haha nice to see a fellow SSC'er on here.

WaTransportation

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:45:10 -0800

The Greyhound station is slated to move to King Street Station in the Summer of 2008. Reconstruction of King Street Station is slated to start in March with a full restoration of the interior on the main station floor. Offices will go in on the Second and third levels. The 4th level will be restored but stay vacant but there has been talk about a local model railroad club that would like to use that space. There is also a faint possibility of tours going up to the clock tower. I've been up there a few times and the view is incredible though one hell of a climb. King Street would be rebuilt and widened to allow the 45 foot coaches get in and out of the area. The drivers will have an option to use Occidental Avenue or 1st Avenue to the station. Occidental Avenue should start it's repaving project later this year as well in coordination with the project at King Street. For those that do take Sounder into Seattle, you'll notice a lot of work going on where the old I-90 on ramp used to be at. The new tracks there will be used for new mainline relocation. The current tracks Amtrak will use and switching operations for Amtrak and Sounder. BNSF and Sounder commuter trains will use the new mainline. The Sounder platform will be extended to allow longer or additional trains. A new platform is slated to go under 4th Avenue and "Main 2" which is further from the King Street 1 platform for Sounder. There has been talks in creating a walkway to access the International District Station. Hope this helps.

TroyJMorris

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:56:38 -0800

I have favorable memories, but it is a dump. I just wish we'd hurry up and finish remodeling the Amtrack station... it's been what? 10 years?

Weazul

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:50:58 -0800

I really can't think of a single thing I liked about the place the 15 minutes I spent in line with someone there. It would be hard for them to find some place that looked worse on the inside. It makes the seattle amtrak station (the inside) look like a 5 star resort.

jessejb

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:23:42 -0800

Im personally glad to see it go. Any replacement station will be an improvement. Theres nothing nostalgic about that place. Its actually kind of an insulting building for bus riders to have to be in.