No, Frank, no. We knew this was coming, and Crosscut’s David Brewster (the founder of SW) already has an advance, insider-y piece on it here. But Democratic House speaker Frank Chopp has outdone himself here. His pet plan to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct with a much larger, view-blocking monstrosity, garlanded with trash retail and phony green bits, is certifiably bat-shit insane.To refresh your memories, here is the current WSDOT menu of replacement options. The Chopp-Duct renderings haven’t yet been added.We’ll have more to say on the cocktail napkin “design” soon. It’s the kind of egotistical city-blighting urban planning that would make Robert Moses proud. Or Albert Speer.
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