An I-5 lid represents a generational opportunity to add new urban space close to downtown.” data-image-selection=”{“x1″:0,”y1″:0,”x2″:4800,”y2″:3230,”width”:4800,”height”:3230}”>
Like many American cities developed in the last century to serve the automobile, Seattle faces enormous pressure to get people out of their cars so that it can grow sustainably in the current century. That means fundamentally rethinking our highways. One possibility? Putting a lid—holding anything from park space and office towers to community space and housing—over Interstate 5 through downtown.
The idea’s most ardent supporters are found at Lid I-5, a community group led by urban designer Scott Bonjukian and architect John Feit and backed by the Seattle Parks
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