Time-lapse video of Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct coming down
The folks at the Puget Sound Business Journal had a bird’s-eye view of the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition this week, and photographer Marcus Donner documented the controversial roadway’s demise one picture at a time.
The journal’s offices are based in the downtown Norton Building, and that’s where Donner set up his camera. From the building’s 13th floor, he took a photo every two or three minutes for five days to make this video.
The viaduct was deemed unsafe and unfit to survive a major earthquake. It’s been a very controversial and politically heated debate as to how to replace it. The proposals ranged from a new surface boulevard to a new viaduct to a tunnel. The tunnel camp won the debate, but many Seattleites are unhappy about it.