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Taken from Elliott Bay Park / Centennial Park / Myrtle-Edwards early this morning. I’ve been walking this path a lot recently, and even with the construction, it’s still one of my favorites in Seattle. I know it’s not to everyone’s liking, but I dig the Pier 86 Grain Terminal. It’s really neat to see commercial activity right next to the path, and it’s fun to see different ships there often! So I finally looked up the history: https://www.historylink.org/File/20767. tl;dr: It was finished in 1970 to replace an older grain terminal on Hanford Street (which was replaced by container cranes eventually, I think), and now about 5 million tons of grain are shipped out from it every year! The original plan called for what is now Myrtle-Edwards / etc. to be a parkway for people to enjoy a drive down. I’m super glad that plan ended up being changed, I love that trail for its urbanity. As a totally random fact, it’s now run by the Louis Dreyfus Company. If that name sounds familiar, yes, it’s run by the family of the actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is the great great granddaughter of the founder. submitted by /u/zmerlynn |
