jackson hub
“That’s the best quality of the Jackson Hub plan. It poses the possibility of a transformative, iconic project that could inspire pride from every Seattleite who takes a visiting relative or colleague through it. But in the meantime, you’ll be able to cross the street to your bus safer and easier.”
— Peter Johnson, April 11, 2019, Seattle Transit Blog
Union Station and King Street Station have welcomed travelers to Seattle for over a hundred years. The area surrounding the stations is taking on new importance as one of the West Coast’s busiest transit hubs with the more recent additions of light rail, commuter rail and streetcar lines. Yet, overwhelmed with traffic, the area surrounding the station feels unsafe and unpleasant. It has divided, rather than brought together the Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District neighborhoods.
The study was a community-led effort to envision near-term and long-term improvements for the area along South Jackson Street between 3rd and 5th Avenues. Framework worked with the Alliance for Pioneer Square, Seattle’s Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda), and Historic South Downtown to gather community input and generate create a holistic approach to reclaiming the area with public space and pedestrian improvements. An advisory committee brought together leaders from a range of agencies, community members and private sector interests. The area was renamed Jackson Hub in order to name it as a place, and strategies and schematic designs were developed to connect the two neighborhoods to each other and to have the transportation hub better connect to the Waterfront, the stadiums and Downtown.