Results tagged “deathtrap”

• Want to start your morning with the most oddly amusing photo you will see all day? Of course you do! So check PhinneyWood where they have the photographic answer to the question, "what's bigger, a Gordito's double burrito or a baby?"
• Beacon Hill Blog says hello to "Hello Bicycle"--a new addition to the neighborhood. We also extend our salutations to the Beacon Hill Blog, making its first appearance on the roundup today.
• Capitol Hill Seattle reminds us that Halloween is just around the corner, it's time to finish up the final touches on our costume, and we still need to decide where to celebrate. Happily, CHS also gives us a few options for Hill-based Hallow's Eve fun.

With the Ballard Denny's landmark status is-it-or-isn't-it debacle still fresh on our mind, comes the latest chapter in Seattle's ever-exciting "What Constitutes an Historic Landmark?" debate. According to local historian Art Skolnik, the death-trap we formally call the Alaskan Way Viaduct should be declared and preserved as an historic landmark.

What was that WSDOT? You stopped the sinking of the viaduct with your latest repairs? That is what you reported yesterday, right? And, we kinda called your bullshit—only to feel completely validated this morning by this headline: "Viaduct Sinks a Little Bit More."

Then again, isn't that what they always say? The Washington State Department of Transportation claims that the most recent repairs have stopped the so-called settling of the viaduct. (They call it settling because it sounds much nicer and considerably less alarming than "sinking.")