I was at the Seattle Great City Initiative Summer Street Scene Party Thursday night. It was a lot of fun! There were information tables, a PEMCO wheel of fortune (where you could win fabulous prizes such as “We’re a lot like you” T-shirts), a street scene design contest, food, beer – and best of all – many nice, interesting people who care about doing what they can to help make Seattle a great city.
The above photos are street scene designs done by the Mithun team. Everything they used in the display was collected from recycling and dumpster bins in the neighborhood and transported to the site by bike. After the event was over, the materials were biked back to the originating dumpsters be re-recycled! The photos don’t give justice to the chalked stats and other information on the street. Stats included 98109 zip code commuting methods (a good number or walkers and bikers – but the majority are single occupancy vehicles).
Stephen Antiput and his son, two members of the Mithun team
“The Hang Out” street scene (my personal favorite – sorry, Stephen! – I love the artistically hung laundry.)
And, there was a “Traffic Twister” game street scene and a “Bicycle Poetry” street scene (where you could write poetry about bicycles).
Feet First was also there with the cutest exhibit.
I ran into an old neighbor from another Seattle neighborhood I lived in years ago. Dean DeCrease has always been a hero to me. Dean recently started Festivore, guide to restaurants and foods focused on natural, healthy living and written for people who really love great food.
I volunteered for the last hour of the event taking donations. This is my view of the beer garden at about the end of that hour.
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