Seattle
The Bay Freeway was originally intended to run along the south shore of Lake Union, linking SR-520, I-5, and SR-99. It, along with the R. H. Thomson Expressway, was eventually aborted after voters endorsed their cancellation in a special election on February 8, 1972 as part of the growing anti-highway movement.
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Famous quotes containing the word seattle:
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people—including me—would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath—the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.”
—Attributed to Seattle (c. 1784–1866)