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Author Archives: William Calvin
The missing support at Graystone’s NE corner
A curious omission. Any other guesses?
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Gun Buyback Is Far More Likely to Work
Discouraged by the bipartisan proposal, I tried again. WHC Why are we so easily misled by gun solutions that would make some sense in other countries? But the US, having more guns than people, is special. And so, the bipartisan … Continue reading
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Lessons for climate from the gun problem
Excerpt from my book ms: Now let me briefly borrow a direct analogy to our climate reasoning. People often believe that the gun problem can be fixed by limiting gun sales. The gun problem, however, is not proportional to this … Continue reading
Those vertical wind gusts
Did you miss out on being blown around by today’s horizontal wind gusts, as I was, trying to cross from Skyline East to Skyline West (my names, given how awkward OT and CT are)? When a wind gust encounters a … Continue reading
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The Skyline Mix of Left or Right
Right-thinking vs left? There are reasons for why the right is underrepresented at our high-end retirement community, simply judging from our occupational groupings, usually determined in young adulthood and often biased by inherited traits, as twin studies have shown. Perhaps … Continue reading
Different Masking Rules for retirement communities?
It seems our age group was less vulnerable to the delta variant last summer but is 2x more vulnerable to winter’s omicron variant. Variants will keep coming, as long as so many people resist vaccination and keep socially mixing. The … Continue reading
The 8th Ave ramp to the corner
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707 Terry Towers now “Museum House”
SEATTLE | Museum House (707 Terry Ave) | Two towers | 32 Stories | 330 ft | 100 m | Page 21 | SkyscraperCity Forum has many good photos and blog comments.
Charging EVs in Skyline Garages
Hello all, I made a YouTube video, about half the length of my talk, leaving out the Skyline-specific material. I will be giving a talk about recharging electric vehicles in Skyline garages in the Science-Technology lecture series on April 19th … Continue reading
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Covid pandemic trend
However, in UK, Hong Kong, and China, cases are soaring again.
What direction does the wind blow? Up.
When wind encounters a tall building, it goes up or around. (It would also go beneath, if it could.)
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The Vending-machine parking garage in Skyline West
Here is what you see on the West-B2 level:
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The southern skyline of Skyline
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Sirens
Not only are we surrounded by three major hospitals, but the Seattle Fire Department has established a fire station at Harborview for 5 Medic units (Aid units come up under I-5 from the International District station). SFD also dispatches Medic … Continue reading
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Cascading climate consequences
In describing climate consequences—the ones more serious than hotter summers—I feel as if I am describing top-down cascading failures. The classic example is the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, which in 2001 had collapsed, floor after floor, down to the … Continue reading
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Raising the crane at Graystone (800 Columbia)
This last weekend, likely on Saturday Sunday morning or later this week, weather permitting, they will be inserting two four more sections into the tower crane, raising the top by four eight stories. Most of the action can be seen … Continue reading
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Autumn Leaves, Aloft
Here is about what you would see from Skyline’s 26th floor Observation Deck, if you cared to brave the wind gusts. Those maple leaves rise more than 26 floors (about 300 feet) because the winds from the southwest run into … Continue reading
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Skyline in the grand scheme of things
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September Sunset
At least two residents saw this sunset from the 26th floor deck tonight.
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Skyline West from Skyline East
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Bartells, alas
Aug. 11, 2021 at 6:00 am | Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 6:02 am Bartell customers face delays, staff shortages after Rite Aid takeover Paul Roberts Seattle Times business reporter For months after Bartell Drugs was bought by Rite Aid last October, many pharmacy customers … Continue reading
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The Pocket Park Next Door
This is from advertising for “The Graystone” (as the “800 Columbia Project” has morphed into). It shows the current design for the public space (AKA “Community Water Park”) they will maintain. Skyline residents will have access both from 8th Ave … Continue reading
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