Bullitt Center in January 2014
McGilvra Place in January 2014. The trees are Platanus acerifolia (London Plane).
McGilvra Place in January 2014
Here you can see where they cut through the original retaining wall.
Here is a bioswale in front of the Bullitt Center where 15th Avenue used to exist. All photos were taken in January 2014.
McGilvra Place is a small, tree-shaded triangle at the intersection of E Madison Street, E Pike Street & 15th Avenue. McGilvra Place was created in 1901. The small triangle of land was named
after John J McGilvra, whose home was on Lake Washington at the end
of the road which became E Madison Street. McGilvra Place was redeveloped in the spring of 2013. The original park was lawn above a low concrete retaining wall, with 11 London Plane Trees (Platanus acerifolia) between the curbs & sidewalks. The small stretch of 15th Avenue was closed to traffic & integrated into the existing park with paving & planting, partly as a bioswale. Cuts were made in the retaining wall to allow stairs & a path through the center of the park. Lawn was replaced with native plants. Benches were set in place.
The Bullitt Center had been completed next to McGilvra Place in April 2012. The Bullitt Center was designed to be the greenest commercial building in the world, energy & carbon neutral, with a water & sewage processing system that allowed the building to be independent of municipal water & sewage systems.
Energy neutrality was achieved with a large solar panel array on the
roof of the building, along with energy conservation measures that
cut the building's energy consumption to approximately a third of a typical
office building of similar size.
During
the redevelopment of McGilvra Place, great care was taken to protect
and celebrate eleven century-old London Plane trees on the site. Other
improvements include transforming an adjacent street to a public plaza,
replacing turf with native vegetation, installing park furniture made of
reclaimed timber, and providing improved accessibility to the site.
Construction began in February 2013 and was completed in April 2013. -
See more at:
http://www.bullittcenter.org/field/mcgilvra-place/#sthash.QF1I0Hh3.dpuf
During
the redevelopment of McGilvra Place, great care was taken to protect
and celebrate eleven century-old London Plane trees on the site. Other
improvements include transforming an adjacent street to a public plaza,
replacing turf with native vegetation, installing park furniture made of
reclaimed timber, and providing improved accessibility to the site.
Construction began in February 2013 and was completed in April 2013.
The project was undertaken through a public / private collaboration between
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation,
Seattle Department of Transportation,
Seattle Parks Foundation and the Bullitt Foundation.
- See more at: http://www.bullittcenter.org/field/mcgilvra-place/#sthash.QF1I0Hh3.dpuf
During
the redevelopment of McGilvra Place, great care was taken to protect
and celebrate eleven century-old London Plane trees on the site. Other
improvements include transforming an adjacent street to a public plaza,
replacing turf with native vegetation, installing park furniture made of
reclaimed timber, and providing improved accessibility to the site.
Construction began in February 2013 and was completed in April 2013.
The project was undertaken through a public / private collaboration between
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation,
Seattle Department of Transportation,
Seattle Parks Foundation and the Bullitt Foundation.
- See more at: http://www.bullittcenter.org/field/mcgilvra-place/#sthash.QF1I0Hh3.dpuf
During
the redevelopment of McGilvra Place, great care was taken to protect
and celebrate eleven century-old London Plane trees on the site. Other
improvements include transforming an adjacent street to a public plaza,
replacing turf with native vegetation, installing park furniture made of
reclaimed timber, and providing improved accessibility to the site.
Construction began in February 2013 and was completed in April 2013.
The project was undertaken through a public / private collaboration between
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation,
Seattle Department of Transportation,
Seattle Parks Foundation and the Bullitt Foundation.
- See more at: http://www.bullittcenter.org/field/mcgilvra-place/#sthash.QF1I0Hh3.dpuf
During
the redevelopment of McGilvra Place, great care was taken to protect
and celebrate eleven century-old London Plane trees on the site. Other
improvements include transforming an adjacent street to a public plaza,
replacing turf with native vegetation, installing park furniture made of
reclaimed timber, and providing improved accessibility to the site.
Construction began in February 2013 and was completed in April 2013.
The project was undertaken through a public / private collaboration between
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation,
Seattle Department of Transportation,
Seattle Parks Foundation and the Bullitt Foundation.
- See more at: http://www.bullittcenter.org/field/mcgilvra-place/#sthash.QF1I0Hh3.dpuf
