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On July 4, 2009, a group of 12 cyclists set off from Santa Rosa, California, on a 1,000 mile bike ride to Seattle, Washington, to support the disease Histiocytosis. The ride, titled Wheels North , was a centennial of the 1909 adventure of Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco who traveled on bicycles to the Exposition.
Design by Frank Gehry. Even before groundbreaking, the Seattle Weekly said the design could refer to "the often quoted comparison to a smashed electric guitar." Gehry himself had in fact made the comparison: "We started collecting pictures of Stratocasters, bringing in guitar bodies, drawing on those shapes in developing our ideas."
The Seattle Center site received the support of mayor Charles Royer, the city council, who voted 8–1 in favor of it, [47] and several unions and tenants groups. [46] [48] The design of the freeway concept was later modified at the urging of First Hill neighborhood groups to include low-income housing to replace lost units. [49]
April 29 until August 2 - "The Pictures Generation", curated by Douglas Eklund, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. [6] November 13 until February 28, 2010 "Botticelli : likeness, myth, devotion" at the Städel Museum, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [7]
Pages in category "2009 in Seattle" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... 2008–09 Washington Huskies men's basketball team; 2009 Seattle ...
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Louse Bourgeois created Father and Son in 2005 after being commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum on behalf of Stu Smailes, [2] a local art philanthropist who died in 2002. [3] Smailes donated $1 million to the city after his death, and requested that it be used to create a sculpture in the city featuring a nude male. [ 4 ]
City expands, annexing Atlantic City, Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, South-East Seattle, South Park, and West Seattle. [2] Pike Place Market opens. [17] St. James Cathedral built. 1908 The Great White Fleet visits Seattle and Puget Sound area. [22] 1909 June 1: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition opens.