2023-02-20 - 001-005 - HDR by vmax137 Via Flickr: The large blank canvas was one of two Wyland Whaling Wall murals featuring orcas. The bare rain soaked concrete had a seafood restaurant while below it is an open air below ground parking lot that’s been sealed up with concrete cinder blocks. I don’t have any strong ties here but I think it would have been less painful for those that did had Covid not delayed development. Instead there are a lot of similarly empty memorials throughout surrounding neighborhoods and across the city. Two of the Wyland Whaling Walls used to be large murals of Orcas on the sides of La Quinta Inn and Suites at 8th Avenue and Bell Street. Resident Orca pods are often seen in Puget Sound. www.flickr.com/photos/vmax137/2670838208 www.flickr.com/photos/vmax137/2670836636
