Recording starts from balcony of my room ( 416 ) at Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. I had just arrived – riding into town on Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles. My last visit to Seattle was in 2008 for Gnomedex next door to Edgewater at Bell Harbor Conference Center. The Great Wheel did not exist then.
Seattle Aquarium is in another construction phase. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to visit the aquarium. My only time inside was after a construction project in 2007. Gnomedex had a private event there that year – right after project had finished. On last night of my 2016 stay – another private event was taking place – that may have been related to LIFT Social 2015 at Bell Harbor – which I didn’t attend. I think there was also a Google conference that may have been going on.
During previous visits – I don’t recall anything being located in this spot. The engineering to support something that large on a pier might make for an interesting television show.
Cities all over world have gone Ferris wheel crazy past few decades. Chicago just replaced theirs at Navy Pier with a more modern larger wheel. Las Vegas has one. London has it’s famous Ferris wheel. Orlando Florida joined the craze in 2015. It seems like many cities have Ferris wheel envy and have to have one.
Combined videos record October 2015.
Seattle Aquarium at night summer 2007
Let Leonard in the Seattle Aquarium
Navy Pier Park Ferris wheel at night posted July 28, 2007
Where was the Real World in Seattle Revisited October 2015
Ballard Locks Seattle viewed from Amtrak Empire Builder
Gnomedexers taking a break at the Bell Harbor Conference Center 2008
Argosy Cruise passing the Bell Harbor Conference Center 2008
Celebrity Cruises passes the Bell Harbor Conference Center 2008
Seagull says hello Edgewater Hotel Seattle
My photos of Edgewater Hotel in Seattle over the years
Iggy with the Fremont Troll in Seattle 2007
Father and Son fountain Artist Louise Bourgeois’ Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle
Echo by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle
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Looks like someone in Chicago had same idea or borrowed it.
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Seattle’s Great Wheel: struck by a drone
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