Finding your way through Fauntleroy: Kiosk now in place

Another of West Seattle’s new wayfinding kiosks – each sporting the West Seattle Trails walking map as well as art – is in place, this time in Fauntleroy. You’ll find it on the northwest corner of 45th/Wildwood in the Endolyne business district, just a few blocks uphill/southeast from the Fauntleroy ferry dock. Here’s the other side:

Earlier this month, the first kiosk was installed, at Junction Plaza Park (Alaska/42nd), with artists Paul Sorey and Mike Raney on hand.

7 Replies to "Finding your way through Fauntleroy: Kiosk now in place"

  • MargL April 26, 2011 (3:48 pm)

    Poor little Arbor Heights – no wonder folks keep telling us we’re not even in Seattle! Chopped right off the map!
    Not that there’s much worth walking to down here anyway…

    • WSB April 26, 2011 (3:58 pm)

      I’d have to scour the archives but there was a particular reason for/problem with that … I know it came up before. It’s a great map but like all things, not quite perfect. I teased map mastermind Chas Redmond that his own neighborhood (and almost ours), Gatewood, wasn’t even identified, at least in one rev. But as for AH – there are TOO reasons to walk there … the adventure of the sidewalklessness in many spots ;) … TR

  • MargL April 26, 2011 (5:37 pm)

    Think I found it – I hadn’t seen this comment from early design reviews but apparently the City of Seattle didn’t want to make it easy for Arbor Heights to be included… https://westseattleblog.com/2009/11/alki-community-council-officer-elections-and-kiosk-talk#comment-714042
    Boo!
    Love the art at the bottom of the kiosk, BTW!

  • ltfd April 26, 2011 (9:20 pm)

    A little pass’e, isn’t it? With smart phone apps, online maps, in-car & handheld GPS, etc., is it really worth putting up installations like these?

  • Kayzel April 27, 2011 (11:27 am)

    Fabulous design, way ahead of many signage/way-finding public art projects.

  • will o\' wisp April 27, 2011 (4:28 pm)

    I think the fancy “i” in a circle might be international. I saw them in NZ and Australia. It was nice for out of towners. My computer could not get on line to look up information – not much wi fi there.

  • Yardvark April 27, 2011 (8:17 pm)

    So cool. I think half the importance of them is to encourage folks to walk around West Seattle and discover neat little nooks and crannies. We’ve got a ton of them.

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