Except, apparently, in Seattle. Wired magazine’s website has a piece singing the praises of the new substation to be built at Minor Ave. and Denny Way in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood near downtown. The design is the work of architectural firm NBBJ.
Faceted, stainless steel panels 35 feet high will shroud the electrical hardware; a ramped pedestrian path, an observation area overlooking Denny Way, and a color-shifting wall will make the place… pretty? Sorry—that’s just not how people usually talk about infrastructure.
The post includes a slide show with happy Seattlites strolling past. Could this be the dawn of electrical hipness?
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Doug Chandler, Senior Staff Writer
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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.