Tag: nord alley
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#BikeLove Party is in Pioneer Square Thursday (for real this time)
Back in February, we posted about this awesome bike party in Pioneer Square featuring live metalworking art, a bike ride and, of course, beer. But then it got cancelled. Sad face. But while the “love” theme may have made a bit more sense closer to Valentine’s Day, it’s never too late to love biking. Join…
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First Thursday: Bike-inspired kinetic sculptures launch in Nord Alley
Opening tonight in a Pioneer Square alley: Five kinetic sculptures inspired by riding bikes. Or in the words on the New Mystics’ blog, the sculptures are “drawn directly from our oneiric experience of freedom — riding bikes. Cycling represents a slowing down of machine time, liberty from clocks and bus schedules, and a human powered…
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Not cool! Awesome Diving Belles art project pulled after parts are stolen
I love the Diving Belles, an awesome bike-powered public art project in Pioneer Square’s Nord Alley. But the project’s life ended too early, stolen and vandalized until the artists took it down for good. We wrote about the project when Artist Kyler Martz and UW Architecture student Jason Duckowitz installed it in early July. The…
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Must see tonight in Pioneer Square: Bike-inspired Diving Belles art project
I received a note from long-time reader Tim Willis who created the video above documenting the making of an awesome-looking bike-inspired art project opening tonight in Pioneer Square. The Diving Belles can be found in Nord Alley (just north of Jackson, near SBB sponsor Back Alley Bike Repair). The opening celebration starts at 5 p.m.
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Catch some lunchtime Tour de France in a Poineer Square alley
Weekdays this month, you can watch the Tour de France during lunchtime in Pioneer Square’s Nord Alley. The Alley Network Project is hosting Allez Alley!, a screening of the race from 11:30-1 (except July 4, 10 and 17). So hang out with some rad folks (including new Seattle Bike Blog sponsors Back Alley Bike Repair)…
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Two places to watch the Tour outdoors on a big screen today
You have two opportunities to watch the Tour de France outdoors with other bike fans today. The International Sustainability Institute will show a rebroadcast of the race from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Nord Alley, Pioneer Square. Then, at 7 p.m., Cascade Bicycle Club will show stage 17 of the Tour on a blow-up…
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