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pnwmom

(110,316 posts) Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:20 PM Jun 2015

Seattle mayor unveils rainbow crosswalks in Capitol Hill neighborhood. [View all]

While we're all talking about the symbolism of the Confederate flag, I thought people might be interested in a different kind of symbolism -- the rainbow crosswalks the city recently painted in a popular Seattle neighborhood.

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2776713/Seattles-mayor-unveils-rainbow-crosswalks-painted-on-Capitol-Hill?google_editors_picks=true

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray unveiled rainbow crosswalks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reports the LGBTQ community has been working on the symbolic effort for years.

The rainbows were installed Monday night at six intersections on Pine and Pike streets.

The city said the project cost about $66,000. The crosswalks are expected to last three to five years, but the city said it plans to maintain them for years to come.

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Seattle mayor unveils rainbow crosswalks in Capitol Hill neighborhood. [View all] pnwmom Jun 2015 OP

I have to wonder if 66,000 could have been spent better elsewhere. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #1

Nope ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #2

It's actually 56K more than white crosswalks and it was paid for out of pnwmom Jun 2015 #9

Thank you ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #12

Thank YOU! pnwmom Jun 2015 #18

I'll take that gig, 11K per intersection.... snooper2 Jun 2015 #32

SF's Ed Lee must be kicking himself KamaAina Jun 2015 #3

Heh! ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #5

I think we have something like this in Castro Prism Jun 2015 #21

Cool! Yup, that looks very rainbow-ish to me, too! pnwmom Jun 2015 #23

pictures Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #6

It's more that "painting a few sidewalks" ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #8

Jesus. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #10

As a Seattle homeless advocate I know Hon ... mntleo2 Jun 2015 #19

I know ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #20

Or rather than someone else telling them that, you could invite them into your house and serve them LanternWaste Jun 2015 #14

This money came from developers' fees and couldn't be shifted to feeding the hungry. n/t pnwmom Jun 2015 #15

Why don't you pass your opinions on to the LGBT people in the neighborhood who have, pnwmom Jun 2015 #16

They are crosswalks and the true cost was the difference between these pnwmom Jun 2015 #13

K&R. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #11

Along with the brass dance steps in the sidewalks... RGinNJ Jun 2015 #17

I would love to have something like these where I live in Iowa 47of74 Jun 2015 #22

While I am in favor of supporting Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #24

In Seattle we have prominent crosswalks everywhere and unlike in some cities, pnwmom Jun 2015 #25

We are quirky that way ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #26

Yup! I remember being so amazed, a long time ago, to see how polite most of the drivers are, pnwmom Jun 2015 #28

The colors painted on the street Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #27

They DO resemble the crosswalks we have HERE, except most of ours are painted in white stripes pnwmom Jun 2015 #29

Seattle is concerned with symbolism Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #31

Yeah, so? pnwmom Jun 2015 #33

I don't know what the laws are in Seattle, I've never had the need to check them. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #35

What does that have to do with Rainbow crosswalks anyway? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #36

"What does that have to do with Rainbow crosswalks anyway?" Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #40

The symbolism of a Lenin Statue in the district of Fremont ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #42

I don't care where the statue is. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #44

No it isn't ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #56

Thank you for proving that the term "Socialist" will scare away even many Democratic voters. pnwmom Jun 2015 #37

I have proven nothing, at least not intentionally, Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #39

Here's something else you don't understand about Seattle. pnwmom Jun 2015 #41

I did some reading about that statue. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #43

Yes, people have decided to dress it up. As John Lennon (the Beatle), as a clown, and in drag. (Not all at once.) pnwmom Jun 2015 #45

Yes, I don't see the humor Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #46

How is dressing him as a Beatle, a clown, and in drag "glorifying" him? I'm sure that wasn't the pnwmom Jun 2015 #47

Because it's there. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #49

We have a statue of a cow, too. Are we glorifying the cow? And not far from pnwmom Jun 2015 #50

This is in fact, one such statue cemaphonic Jun 2015 #54

It's a self-aware joke mostly cemaphonic Jun 2015 #53

This is my last post on the topic. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #57

These are busy high-traffic streets with stoplights. cemaphonic Jun 2015 #30

I think it's beautiful. Zorra Jun 2015 #38

KnR! How uplifting Hekate Jun 2015 #34

Happy Seattle Pride! It's an actual celebration here. Those crosswalks are really cool. nolabear Jun 2015 #48

Hmm, not what I was expecting. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #51

This is what an LGBT group in the "Emerald City" planned. pnwmom Jun 2015 #52

I miss living on Capitol Hill at times cemaphonic Jun 2015 #55