Walking home, I kicked myself because a more sketchable view is on 12 th Northeast north of the station. But it was just a first shot – I’ll certainly have more opportunities to try again.

I thought Northgate Station was challenging, but Roosevelt was much worse! Standing across the street so that I could include the bright yellow sculpture and other colorful design elements (not to mention the crane, which is back there working on yet more apartments), I was cowed by the station’s scale, perspective and, well, everything. In any case, I finally got around to sketching Roosevelt Station – the day before it opened to the public.

We all know where the pathway of good intentions leads to. By the time the best parts of the station were finally revealed, the pandemic kept me from feeling comfortable standing around in the Roosevelt business district.ġ0/1/21 I like this thumbnail better than But I was frustrated most of the time because the action was concealed by fencing. In the early years, I sketched whatever heavy equipment I could see, and the cranes got bigger and bigger. I had big plans to walk down every few months to document its lengthy progress. It’s the closest station to home – about a 15-minute walk – but more significantly, it’s the one that I had the greatest intention of documenting with sketches while it was being built. Of all of Seattle’s light rail stations, I probably have the strongest connection to Roosevelt. 10/1/21 Roosevelt Station the day before it opened to the public

Roosevelt light rail