If you’ve been following the Chihuly “glass house” debate over the last few weeks, you’ve probably got an opinion. At least, some 400 people who attended the community meeting on the proposal Tuesday night did. Many were in favor of the 44,000-square-foot project, while others are calling for alternative proposals that make better us of public open space.
(Image by Studio 216 for Owen Richards Architects, courtesy of both).
Supporters of the project are now on a PR campaign, organizing speakers at the meeting, handing out “Chihuly at the Needle” buttons and offering incentives, like a $25 gift certificate to the Space Needle restaurant to people who become “fans of the project on Facebook (this promotion has since been taken down), according to a report by our news partners, the Seattle Times. Read the full story here.