The Light Rail will connect Downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac airport initially and will expand its coverage in the future. This is a photo of the new Seattle Link Light Rail public transportation system that is scheduled to start service on July 18th, 2009. Highest Position in Explore = #1 on 6/8/09, thank you! I brought a tripod with me and sweet talked the security folks into letting me use it "for one quick shot" as there were literally no people around. Luckily, a bus had just come by and picked up the few folks that were standing around leaving me with a people free shot. To capture the truly other-worldly feel of this place, I combined 9 exposures together to capture all of the detail in the shadows and highlights. In addition to the Metro bus system, the station is now home to the new Seattle Link Light Rail train system that connects Downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac airport initially and will expand its coverage to additional neighborhoods in the future. The station design uses many of the arched forms and materials from the surrounding neighborhood. Under Third Avenue between Cherry Street and Yesler Way, Pioneer Square Station is perched on the edge of the historic Pioneer Square District and within a block of major government buildings. Architect Jerry McDevitt designed the station with lead artist Kate Ericson. Pioneer Square Station's distinctive arched ceiling is quite a contrast from the sharp, square lines of more conventional bus stations, appearing more like a space-age cathedral.
It was as if I had been beamed aboard a ship bound for space travel! The infusion of science fiction inspired artistic style and contemporary architecture in this place is truly something to be marveled. When I first stepped out of the elevator and entered the underground bus tunnel in the downtown Pioneer Square district of Seattle, I couldn't believe my eyes and had to pinch myself.
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