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Going, Going, and now Gone (End of the Seattle Viaduct Part 2)

The mountains appeared in all their glory for one last view on the Alaska Way Viaduct after 66 years. The new view will be tunnel walls that will be tolled after weeks (months,  years?) of […]

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The End is Near (Goodbye Seattle Viaduct)

They call it “Viadoom” and the beginning of the “Seattle Squeeze”, as if Seattle doesn’t already have enough traffic woes. Friday January 11, Highway 99 (aka the “Viaduct”) will officially be closed to traffic for […]

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Quebec City–I’m definitely ‘not in Kansas’ anymore…

I was fortunate to have recently spent a short time in Quebec City. As a friend had informed me, it’s a little like being in a smaller version of Paris (sans Eiffel Tower, museums etc). […]

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