Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza construction: More Day 1 video

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Before Day 2 begins, with more demolition work at the site of the Alki Statue of Liberty‘s old base, much of which was gone by quitting time yesterday (hours after Lady Liberty herself “flew away”; WSB video here), we have a few more video clips from Day 1 — including the statue “riding” off after its “flight” and plaza fundraisers Paul and Libby Carr talking with WSB immediately afterward:

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That’s the crane truck taking the statue away to temporary storage after “liftoff.” Next, once the statue was out of sight, we asked the Carrs if they ever thought this day – the start of construction – might never come:

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And then, the demolition work resumed, backhoe, jackhammer and all:

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Our Alki Statue of Liberty coverage is archived here (a year ago tomorrow, we wrote our first post about the Carrs’ then-impending first community meeting).

Michael July 9, 2008 (9:54 am)

You should interview beachgoers on how they feel about having a good portion of the beach closed for the summer. That would be interesting.

WSB July 9, 2008 (10:27 am)

Seeing how people interact with the site (or don’t) will be interesting starting this weekend. Yesterday while we were staked out covering the unfolding demolition work throughout the morning, some people even came by and were overheard asking “Gosh, what’s going on here?” “Gee, I don’t know.” And I don’t think they were tourists. So we gave them the bulletpoint rundown. And then I’m still not sure if Slog was just being silly about this or whether they really hadn’t heard about the project on the other side of the bay:
http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/help_me_west_seattle_blog_youre_my_only

Jo July 9, 2008 (11:20 am)

OMG, the comments on The Stranger/blog are hilarious.

David Hutchinson July 9, 2008 (11:49 am)

Michael,

If you were actually down at the beach as I was throughout the day yesterday, you would have found that most people simply asked about what was going on. When shown a schematic of the new plaza, virtually all expressed positive comments about the project.
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As for “a good portion of the beach” being closed, that is simply not the case. No section of the beach is closed. The promenade is open and being used by many. The sidewalk on the north side of Alki Avenue is open. The only part fenced off is the immediate area of asphalt surrounding the Statue and the asphalt drive from the Statue up to the sidewalk.
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David Hutchinson

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