Under the Viaduct

Today was Seattle Urban Sketchers monthly sketch outing to document the Alaskan Way viaduct which is to be torn down.  It was called “Under the Viaduct”.  I got there early on the light rail so had some time before the start to scope out likely sketching spots.  I did two sketches during the outing.

I like Ivar’s.  They don’t take themselves too seriously.  I sketched the sign with the viaduct in the background.

Then I walked up over the pedestrian bridge to the walk-on terminal for the Bainbridge Island ferry.  There I found the Coleman Clock, which I again sketched with the viaduct in the background.

We shared our sketches, as is usual.

Then I had lunch at Ivar’s.  I had a nice conversation with some visitors from NYC and with a local couple showing their daughter around town.

Ivar’s encourages feeding the gulls! She’s tossing them french fries.

I stopped for another sketch at a location I liked when I first arrived.

Back the way I came on the light rail.  However, I got off at the Beacon Hill station to go up to the ground level to see the landmarks.  I can ride to work with my husband, then walk or hope a bus to this station and go the rest of the way into Seattle.  It was eerily deserted!

All the photos are here.