BJosh Cohen Crosscut; September 14, 2018
If all had gone smoothly, Seattle’s downtown streetcar line would’ve opened sometime in 2020. The Center City Connector would be running 1.2 miles from where the First Hill streetcar currently ends in Pioneer Square, up First Avenue, and along Stewart Street to the South Lake Union streetcar’s endpoint near the Westlake Mall downtown.
By virtue of its path through Pioneer Square and past the Seattle Art Museum, Pike Place Market and other locales, the new streetcar would likely serve tourists as much as residents.
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