CONCEPT “THE SONATA”

The concept of Sonata grows from the existing conditions and qualities of the street tempo. As I identified certain walkable destinations and features, the character of each movement emerged.

Unsafe And Busy Street

N 130th Street is a car oriented street. There are 2 traffic lanes in each direction. The sidewalks have little planted buffer to protect pedestrians from the fast moving traffic. It is not sate for people to walk. Lack of tree canopy is another reason make this street not comfortable to walk.

PEDESTRIAN |BICYCLIST |GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

The future light rail station will make N 130th Street an important route for students and residents to go to work and school along. Green infrastructure can improve N 130th Street and make a safer corridor from Northacres Park to the Bitter Lake Playground and places in between for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Street Character

Furthermore, the civic features that currently are fragmented along N 130th Street will influence the street’s character. It will make this street more fun, with connecting destinations for people to go easily from place to place.

The district fragments of civic spaces define different character along N 130th Street just like a sonata1, which is a continuous composition with different characters and tempos in each movement. Spatially along N 130th Street, each movement has its own theme. People can participate in different activities along this Sonata, so they will not feel bored or unsafe on N 130th Street.

1 http://home.earthlink.net/~dbratman/sonata.html green infrastructure bike lane car lane green infrastructure sidewalk sidewalk

N 130th Street is composed of four key movements between Bitter Lake and Aurora Avenue on the west and Northacres Park and the Light Rail Station on the East. It is designed as a safe route for pedestrians and bicyclists interspersed with green infrastructure that links with particular civic features. Based on the theme and character along the street, N 130th Street shows different appearances on each movement.

Problems And Opportunities

huge parking lot

VISION lack of seating area for the bus stop steep and tall wall unmarked crosswalk beside high school

Map Source: WAGDA, https://wagda.lib.washington.edu/data/geography/wa_cities/seattle/index.html potential entrance to Haller Lake, but currently blocked uncomfortable bus stop potential space for expand the P-Patch unclear entrance to Northacres Park