When Science Center staff made their presentation to the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board (LPB), they said the shallow pools are leaking badly and need a minimum investment of $17 million to repair.
Are the Pacific Science Center pools going extinct like the dinosaurs? The north pool is leaking and was drained in 2023; it will soon become home to a temporary art or plant installation. to fill in the reflecting pools of their historic courtyard at Seattle Center with soil and native plants. After public outcry, those plans got put on hold for some additional public process, and a summary of findings from that process are about to be released.
When KIRO Newsradio spoke with Mädchen Petrie a few days ago, she said that the survey and focus group participants they spoke to as part of the process were not asked specifically about the future of the pools or about preferences for preservation or for making major alterations. “There’s a great call for more engaging content in the space from a lot of our focus groups,” Petrie said. “They like programming and interactivity, which is going to really help us with the programming that we bring into the space. They also want a space that is comfortable, and has places to sit and relax to eat.”What this appears to mean is that there is no clear direction for the future of the pools which Pacific Science Center is willing to share.
“There was a really strong call, it came through in the survey, as well as with some of the other groups that we spoke to, for a removal of the gate so that the Courtyard could just be openly accessible,” Petrie explained. “And that’s something that we are really seriously considering and may even be considering in the more near term than some of these larger changes that need to happen.”
In the short-term with that north pool now empty of water, Pacific Science Center is exploring two options for a temporary installation. Petrie won’t say specifically what those options are, but she says they hope to make a detailed announcement before the end of March, and then proceed with the installation before summer.“I guess as a hint there’s really two kinds of main options that we’re toggling between,” Petrie said.
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