This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.
Brendan Kiley writes, eloquently:
But there is a small, beautiful compromise in the viaductduring its construction, in 1953, three inches of the guardrail on the southbound side were cut away to accommodate a brick building standing at Bell and Western. Those few inches of brick, gently pushing into the viaduct, are preciousa cease-fire zone between the libertines and the scolds, a place where Seattle stops arguing with itself.
I hadn’t noticed this before. But there it is, plain as day:
Neat.