No. 312 Seattle Maritime Festival Pier 66

Seattle Maritime Festival Harbor Open House

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14

Location: Pier 66, Bell Street and Alaskan Way, Seattle

More info:seattlemaritime101.com/vigor-maritime-festival

Bell Street Pier Open House activities:

Waterfront Chowder Cook-Off

Participating restaurants in the Chowder Cook-Off include Ivar’s, The Edgewater Hotel’s Six Seven Restaurant,  Anthony’s at Pier 66,  Elliott’s Oyster House, Bell Harbor Conference Center, The Crab Pot, and The Fisherman’s Restaurant. Purchase a Chowder Passport at the Festival Information Booth or at any participating restaurant for only $5 and you’ll receive a delicious 3 ounce sample of chowder from each restaurant. Sampling stations are located at the participating restaurant. All proceeds benefit the Seattle Propeller Club’s charities.

Vessel Tours :

Canadian Navy's Glendyne, Seattle Maritime Academy Instructor, Global Diving’s Munson, King County Research Vessel Liberty, Seattle Harbor Patrol and Seattle Sea Scouts Propeller.  In addition, the Port of Seattle will have their Bomb Squad Truck and Dive Truck and the Coast Guard will have a trailered vessel on the plaza at Pier 66. Also, look for displays from Puget Sound Maritime and Captain's.

Free Harbor Tours

Departing at 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm 

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No. 186 A different angle on Seattle Skyline from below Interstate I-5

North Passage Point Park
600 NE Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98105

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North Passage Point Park is a small 0.8 green space on the north shore of Lake Union directly under the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge that spans the Portage Bay Canal. For it being tucked away and its small size it makes up for with views of Queen Anne, Space Needle and the Eastlake Ave Draw Bride to the east. Dedicated in 1977 after the construction of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge project its the sister park to the South Passage Point Park on the opposite shoreline.

Looking up at Ship Canal Bridge I-5

Shallow Draft Propeller from Tugboat "Artic Bear"

Eastlake Ave Draw Bridge

Sailboat passing through the Eastlake Ave Draw Bridge

Downtown Seattle view

Zoom View of Seattle Space Needle

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No. 131 Waverly Beach Park

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Waverly Park is one of those hidden lake side parks that only locals seem to know about. It is a few blocks off the main road which makes it hard for passers by to easily stumble up on this waterfront park. Located at the bottom of a hill his park offers nearly 500 feet of waterfront on 2.76 acres of prime waterfront real estate right on Lake Washington. Features public dock, picnic tables, benches, restrooms, children’s playground, open lawn areas, on-site parking, enclosed swimming area, fishing area, and windsurfing area. During the summer months a privately run refreshment stand serves up drinks and ice cream to cool off.

Directions:
From I-405, take the NE 85th Street exit (exit 18) toward Kirkland. Turn slight right onto NE 85th Street / WA-908. Stay straight to go onto Central Way. Turn right onto Market Street then left onto Waverly Way. End at 633 Waverly Way, Kirkland.

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No. 126 Lake Union park

Lake Union Park
860 Terry Ave N
Seattle, WA

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Lake Union Park, located on the south west corner of Seattle’s central lake, is a new 12-acre park that provides the Queen Anne neighborhood access to open green spaces, a restored shoreline, a pedestrian bridge, a model boat pond, a history trail, a 300 foot long interactive fountain of water jets, a beach for launching small boats, a footprint for The Center for Wooden Boats' new Education Center (future facility), a grove of trees, a great lawn, footpaths, park benches, and infrastructure that can support large events. Lake Union Park also has a station for the South Lake Union Streetcar, which began operating in late 2007.

Aerial view of Lake Union Park in south end of Lake Union

Future Site of Museum of History and Industry

Morning Sunrise at Lake Union Park

Docks at Lake Union Park

Pedestrian Foot Bridge

Model Ship Builders bring out their artfully crafted vessel to the Model Boat Pond

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No. 116 Bell Harbor Marina

Bell Street Pier/Pier 66

2203 Alaskan Way

Seattle, WA 98121

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The Bell Harbor Marina along Alaskan way is just north of the Seattle Aquarium and Pier 63. There are roughly 70 vessels ranging from dinghis to 150' yachts. On occasion there will be a larger cruise liner docked here as well. Depending on conditions the Olympic Mountain range can be visible in the background.

Bell Harbor south corner

Looking down at Bell Harbor Marina from Bell Conference Center David Irons Jr

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No. 109 Everett Marina

Port of Everett Marina
Fletcher Way
Everett, WA
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Created in 1918, the Port of Everett is situated on Port Gardner Bay at the mouth of the Snohomish River. With over 2000 boats ranging in length from dingis and kayaks, to small and larger motor yachts to tall sailboats there something for every one's dream of owning a boats. The floating docks are gated and only open to boat owners and guests but with a mid zoom range lens you can get in quite close on the hull details from the walk way that goes around the complex. Plenty of reflection shot opportunities available through out the day.
You can see a lot of bird activity from gulls, geese, and blue herons to sea life such as pacific harbor seals swimming between the boats to larger animals such as minke, grey whales and killer whales in the channels. Sunsets are dramatic weather permitting.

Sailboat Masts Silhouette

Everett Marina from the sidewalk

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No. 107 Father and Son Fountain

Father and Son Fountain
1-7 Broad St, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
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Father and Son is a fountain part of the Olympic Sculpture Park permanent collection. Finished in 2006 by internationally acclaimed artist Louise Bourgeois and is comprised of stainless steel, aluminum, water and bronze bell. Installed in 2007, it stands on the west end of the Olympic Sculpture Park at the intersection of Alaskan Way and Broad Street.
 The sculpture includes models of a nude father and son reaching for each other but the other is obscured by the water. The artist explains that the nudity and obscurity represent vulnerability and the way male familial relationships deteriorate. Each figure will be obscured by water gushing over their surface as Louise Bourgeois described the work in her proposal. The volumes of water will be on a timer to mark the 24 hours of the day, accompanied by the ringing of a bell. On the hour, the water will be lowered to reveal the son. At the next hour when the bell rings, the water will rise hiding the son, while the other mound of water will descend to reveal the father. The figures when revealed will seem to float in the air above the water.  The fountain has been victim of a prank common to water fountains, dish soap, which creates very large amounts of bubbles. This sculpture is particularly vulnerable to corrosion from this because the detergents in the soap react with the metal in the sculptures. Bourgeois' representation of father and son portrays a vulnerable and poignant situation, as the two face each other with arms outstretched, striving to overcome a seemingly insurmountable divide.

Father and Son -2007 Louise Bourgeois

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No. 106 Pier 62/63

Pier 62 / 63
1951 Alaskan Way
Seattle, Washington
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Located along the downtown waterfront Pier 62/63 jets out into Elliot Bay as an expansive open area that used to be the former site of the annual Summer Nights at the Pier concert series, at which performances were punctuated by the sound of passing trains and trolleys, and docking and departing ferries. Although occasionally hosting other special events, for most of the rest of the year the pier provides a place to stroll out over the water to view Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains to the west, and the Seattle skyline to the east. The Piers are aged and deteriorating, and can no longer bear the load of heavy weights.

Taken just after sunrise

Piers 62 & 63 are a perfect destination for an evening stroll if you live up on Queen Anne, Capitol or First Hill.  There are always a lot of tourists in the waterfront area but I think this makes for good people watching.

Seattle Great Wheel and Century Link Field from Pier 62/63

Taken just after sunrise

Pier 62/63 is located between the Bell Harbor Marina and the Seattle Aquarium. There is paid street parking available during off peak hours.

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