Four More Classes

After intensives week we have only four more class periods. I will get the remaining piers outlined so you can fill them with wood planks. Then we need to get building!

I want us to show some of our creations to the rest of the community at the end.

Viaduct Party

The Department of Transportation is having a contest for exclusive access to the viaduct before a 9 day demolition. Read about the contest rules here.

Digging Light Rail Tunnel

Here's a story from the Seattle Times about digging the light rail tunnel.

It's not on the waterfront, but it is about digging in Seattle!

Alaskan Way Connected!

The north and south sections of Alaskan Way are connected in Minecraft. Now we need to label and clean up the perimeters of the piers.

Take Minecraft with you!

Hello! I am glad you all are enjoying Minecraft. I wanted to share with you Mojang's latest release: Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android. It costs about seven dollars for the full edition, which allows users to access multi-player worlds such as the one you all are using. This could be very handy for your trips to the waterfront -- you could add information to the game world in real time!

I will be using it to help me improve TopoMC. I am confident that you will find new and interesting ways to use these tools!

Useful Mod and Texture Pack

Tired of mining to build? Download toomanyitems mod. Follow this link for instructions and download.

Want to change the way your character looks? Download the painterly texture pack here.

Friday Tour #2

The second waterfront tour included some interesting sights.

First we looked through binoculars on the roof of Pier 66.

We saw a boat at the Pier 66 marina that holds 6,000 gallons of fuel in its main tank. It costs $24,000 just to fill the tank!

Quinn's sharp eyes quickly spotted crabs, starfish, and salmon in the water.

We saw this cool bike stand/sculpture at the aquarium.

We will come back on another Friday to see Duncan Moore dive in the big fish tank.

Lauren spotted this plaque in the sidewalk at Pier 62/63.

We talked to Rick Williams while he carved a totem for his brother John. We smelled the cedar of a smaller version he was carving and sniffed the sage in his smudge pot.

We ate lunch at Ivar's and read a story about Ivar Haglund by Seattle painter William Cumming. Cumming told about Ivar's bedroom being filled with bees.

We stopped at a Stonington gallery to view Tlingit artists's work, especially a green glass octopus.

Martin picked our last stop at the Klondike Museum where we saw a replica of 1 ton of gold bars worth over $14 million at today's prices.

Seattle History Resource

I found this great online resource for Seattle waterfront history. The site is maintained by Paul Dorpat, Jean Sherrard, and Bérangère Lomont. Not only are there posts about and pictures of the waterfront, but other Seattle and Washington history topics as well.