Seattle is getting a woonerf. According to the Seattle Times, The Blume Co, a Seattle Developer is bringing a woonerf to South Lake Union. What is a woonerf you ask? It is a "street for living". In the Netherlands, where this concept materialized, it is a street where people can walk, ride bikes, drive, and hang out. It is intended to be a place where pedestirans have the right of way, where they rule the road. Cars are allowed but they are at the will of the people that walk the woonerf.
Seattle's woonerf is planned for Yale Ave, a dead end street in South Lake Union. If the City approves the Blume Co's plans, Seattle will get its first woonerf as part of the development of 4 new office buildings with retail space.
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