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[42itous]

The Seattle Public Library has a "books spiral." At the core of the building, a very gradual ramp goes around and around an escalator. Bookshelves and reading areas radiate off of the spiral. The floors of the building are designed to correspond to the Dewey Decimal system, so that as you traverse the fifth level you're passing the 500s, and the 600s are on the sixth level, and so on. Movable rubber squares tile the ramp, labeling the adjacent call numbers.

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[coraline]

man, i love that place.
i was just telling my family they had to go see it when they're in seattle in a few weeks. any other ideas for them?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I dunno, aside from a puzzle convention that ended yesterday, the library was really the highlight for me.

Last time we were there, we went on an "underground tour" and that was fun. I've heard good things about the glass museum in Tacoma but we didn't actually make it there. There's always hanging around in Freemont and seeing the troll under the bridge...

[nosrednayduj]

I'm fond of the troll bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Troll

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

The library sounds cool.

I'd also recommend the Troll Bridge and the Seattle Underground tour (http://www.undergroundtour.com/).

Archie McPhee (http://www.archiemcphee.com) is a fun store (or at least it was when I visited it years ago).

If they're into used book stores, there's also Tales Twice Sold (http://www.twicesoldtales.info/) near the University (if they have allergies, beware, the store has cats).