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the Space Needle, Elliott Bay and - should it be in the mood - Mt Rainier. Explanatory
boards in the covered lookout detail the history and development of Volunteer Park.
THE PUBLIC-TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION
There's a public-transportation revolution going on in Seattle at the moment and
its nexus is Capitol Hill. The giant hole in the ground that has lain gaping like Mt St
Helens' summit crater on the corner of Denny Way and Broadway since 2008
should have been filled in by the time you read this. In its place will rise Capitol
Hill Station, an interchange for two massive transportation projects: the First Hill
streetcar and the University Link Light Rail line. The former is the second stage
of Seattle's ambitious streetcar project (complementing the existing South Lake
Union streetcar), whose new line will stretch 2.5 miles from Pioneer Square up
through First Hill and its medical facilities to Broadway and Denny Way. The line
will have 10 stops and be in operation by mid-2014. The second project is vastly
more expensive, costing $1.9 billion to construct an underground light-rail link
that will connect existing Westlake Station with Capitol Hill and the U District. It is
an extension of the Sea-Tac Airport-Downtown line that opened in 2009 and is
due for completion in 2016.
First Hill
First Hill, just south of the Pike-Pine corridor, is scattered with traces of Seattle's
pioneer-era glory, including a few magnificent old mansions and some excellent ex-
amples of early Seattle architecture. If you're going to break a leg, do it here: First Hill
is nicknamed 'Pill Hill' because it's home to three major hospitals. There's also a good
museum and a historic hotel worth visiting.
FRYE ART MUSEUM MUSEUM
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( 206-622-9250; www.fryemuseum.org ; 704 Terry Ave; 11am-5pm Tue-Sun, to 7pm Thu;
; First Hill South) F This small museum on First Hill preserves the collection of
Charles and Emma Frye. The Fryes collected more than 1000 paintings, mostly 19th-
and early-20th-century European and American pieces, and a few Alaskan and Russian
artworks.
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