SvR Design - Projects, Growing Vine Street

High Point Redevelopment

Chief Sealth Trail

Kirkland LID Feasibility Study

Kitsap SEED

Seattle Civic Center

North Cascades Environmental Learning Center

Growing Vine

Winslow Way

Blume Yale Avenue Campus

Growing Vine Street
Seattle, WA

SvR was the civil engineer for Growing Vine, the first phase of a larger vision to create an 8-block green street on Vine in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. In this first, two-block implementation, we brought stormwater runoff to the surface using a rooftop collection system that channeled the water through public art and a terraced watercourse along a sidewalk. The project features the Beckoning Cistern by Buster Simpson, a rock-hewn jade basin, and native plants.

A major goal of this project was to end combined sewer overflows from the site by treating Vine like a watershed and purifying roof runoff along its length before releasing the cleansed water into Elliot Bay. As civil engineer, SvR provided hydraulic analysis; storm drainage; sidewalk, step, and streetscape design; and public involvement support.

Winner: Ahwannee Award at the Partners for Smart Growth Conference, 1999
Two-block implementation
Urban Habitat Restoration
Art Incorporation
Public Involvement