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[Guest post by T. K. Justin Ng in Seattle] In August, I had a chance to visit Seattle for a weekend before heading back to school (in Waterloo). As it is for many tourists, Seattle Center was first on my must-see list. I took the monorail from Westlake Center downtown. The ride was quick, and the large glass walls offered a great view over the city. Seattle Center is home to many of the city's tourist attractions, but I only had time to check out the Space Needle and the shimmering Museum of Pop Culture (shown at top of page).

Space Needle

A short walk from the Space Needle is the Olympic Sculpture Park, bridging over a railway track, connecting the inner city to the waterfront. Although it was sad that a large portion of the park was closed that day because of an event, I still enjoyed my time there, especially experiencing the park's dynamic form against the speedy locomotive and cars.

Olympic Sculpture Park

At the end of my first day in Seattle, I walked up to Kerry Park to watch the sunset against the skyline of Seattle. There, I met a photographer who shared his time-lapse with me afterward. I tried to do a watercolour sketch, but I was only halfway through the drawing when it got too dark. I completed it back at the hostel. (See the video on YouTube.)

Seattle skyline from Kerry Park

The next morning, I visited the Fremont Troll with tourists climbing all over the monster's concrete body. 

The Fremont Troll

From there, I walked along the shore to reach Gas Works Park, a public park on the site of a former gasification plant. The plant I drew was fenced off from the public and left as a ruin, but smaller parts of the old plant remain interactive to visitors.

Gas Works Park

The weekend was coming to an end, and before heading back to Vancouver, B.C., I went to the Pike Place Market, a vibrant public market filled with a variety of artisan stores. I visited the first Starbucks, a tiny store still using the old logo. However, my favorite store in the area is Metsker's Maps, a store filled with maps and beautiful stickers. I even bought a few stickers to put in my sketchbook. A pianist was performing on the side of the road, and I sketched him in front of the red neon sign as the sun began to set.

Pike Place Market

For this trip, I only focused on the northern side of Seattle and missed out on Chinatown, the Underground Tour and Pioneer Square, to name a few. I look forward to going back to Seattle again in the close future.

T.K. Justin Ng is an architecture student based in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of Urban Sketchers Hong Kong and Toronto. A guest correspondent previously with sketches of Estonia, Justin was interviewed recently about his book based on an internship in Helsinki. You can see more of Justin's sketches on his website.

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