New photos of the $1.2M foam Skatepark (SeaSk8)

Sorry for the crap quality on these photos, but I was just walking by the SeaSk8 site on my lunch break and snapped them on my phone.

I knew they were using some new foam technique due to the subterranean Key Arena kitchen and HVAC stuff, but I was not prepared for how weird it looks.  The Grindline guys must be trippin’.

I can only hope there is some place for me to put my cold beverage, and that when they tear this skatepark out to build another building for Bill Gates, all the foam breaks up into those little tiny white balls and flies all over the city.

My only legitimate gripe with the design so far is the rediculously oppressive and giant wall to protect the church-goers from evil.  If anyone in Seattle should’ve learned about the effects of building a cage for skateboarders, it’s Seattle Center.