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| 10/12/24 Georgetown Steam Plant |
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| Rear view of plant exterior |
The Georgetown Steam Plant was built in 1906 to support the region’s growing electric streetcar system. Since its decommissioning in 1977, building owner Seattle City Light has worked to preserve, repair and restore the building. Although it’s open to the public monthly, USk Seattle hadn’t taken advantage of an open day since 2018. It was fun to get back to the historic, fascinating relic.
Its scale was daunting the first time and remained so for me this time. Instead of focusing on a single big piece of equipment, I used my comics approach to capture a few different views at varying distances. And like last time, I went outside for my last sketch of the building’s exterior – if only to warm up! With all that concrete and metal, the building’s interior is always cold (we need to plan our strategy better and visit on a scorching day).
Another bit of challenging downsizing ;-) Couldn't help myself! But it's true what you say about approaching sketching of large structures like this is daunting. I think you did a pretty good job.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha... I think I prefer this kind of downsizing! ;-)
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