ABSTRACT
After decades of strained relations, the University of Washington (UW) and neighboring communities are beginning to get along, just as three major projects are about to hit the “U” District.
That sound you hear rumbling through the UW and the Seattle neighborhoods that surround the campus? Could it be the collective grinding of teeth by the 50,000 people who live within a mile of the UW, and the 50,000 or so UW employees, faculty and students who populate the campus. The reason? The region is going to be hit with three of the messiest, biggestimpact projects and all at about the same time. Brace yourself:
• Light rail is coming. • The Seahawks will play at Husky Stadium in 2000 and 2001. • Construction of the William H. Gates School of Law and possibly up
to 3 million square feet in new buildings on campus.
