Seattle From a Visitor’s Perspective
About 10 days ago, two dear friends came to visit for the weekend. Both avid photographers, they ended up with well over 300 shots apiece of our fair city. I thought it would be interesting to share some of the photos they took to give you a perspective on what visitors to Seattle (at least two of them) find interesting. Most of the photos are after the jump, but here’s one of two bald eagles perched on an anchored ship.
We took a harbor cruise and saw a ship in dry dock.
I finally witnessed the loading of a container ship.
A great shot of Magnolia.
The much maligned Olympic (DON’T TOUCH) Sculpture Park and a great view of the Needle.
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese
The Fire Boat, Leschi
"Much maligned Olympic sculpture park"?!? I’ve only heard good things about it. It looks like a cool urban park with great views near the water.
Is this one of those ironic hipster things where you’ve got to talk about good things like they’re not? I don’t get it.
Anyway, the photos are quite nice.
The maligned part stems from the issues raised in this post: http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/06/24/finally-someone-puts-into-words-why-i-hate-the-olympic-scuplture-park/
There were at least a dozen posts on this when the park originally opened, but I haven’t heard much of anything about it recently until Dylan’s post linked above.
I like the park myself, but I do find all of the "DON’T TOUCH" signs a bit off putting. You’re putting art outside. In Seattle. Where it rains. A lot. You mean to tell me that a hand print is going to ruin it?
Plus most of the art sucks.
There. I said it.
Well…except for that metallic tree. Thats pretty cool.
But the park is lovely. Nicely designed, IMO. And tourists seem to like it, too.