This is just a repost from the Olympian, and I know that's discouraged but this is really interesting information.

The article focuses mostly on the Port and the City, and mentions at the end that this is the first time the port has ever been reimbursed by the military. I'm pretty shocked about that decision, just based on the precedent that it sets.

I imagine that this means the military would like to continue using the Port of Olympia for shipments.

Port receives $70,000 payment from military

The military has reimbursed the Port of Olympia $70,000 related to November's protests of military shipments there, and an Olympia city councilman wondered Tuesday why the city isn't receiving some of that money from the port. (continued at the Olympian...)

This year will be:

The first annual Olympia Village Building Convergence.

We will be doing a fund raiser and info session on June 21st 7pm at Fertile Ground Community Center.

Come by and purchase some pizza - either by the slice or a whole pizza for $5-$10 sliding scale, and come by and see what the Olympia Village Building Convergence is all about!

We will provide the dough, tomato sauce and cheese, bring your favorite topping! 

The Olympia Village Building COnvergence will be taking place on the fourth weekend of July - the 25th-27th with many fun activities for all ages.

For more information Email ecocityolympia@gmail.com.

Johnson, Norman J., Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988: 35-37

As you can see, these images clearly show that both designers assumed that the isthmus would be built-out. I say assumed because the book clearly states that the isthmus was not part of the scope of the campus design project - and this was true even for the Olmstead's project, which was meant to be only landscape design in scope.

So, in all fairness, I do not think this completely answers the question of exactly how the designers would have designed the isthmus; it just shows that they did not assume it would be a park - they assumed it would be built out. In fact, the Olmstead rendering shows a diagonal park corridor between the campus and the edge of the core of downtown (today's Legion and Capitol, perhaps?), as well as a narrow view corridor through the built-out isthmus, similar to OLY 2012’s vision, I think. It was noted by Johnson, however, that this proposal was deemed unfeasible by the state campus commission because it would have been too costly for the state to buy the land from the private sector that would have made up the corridors. (I think we all need to keep that practical reality in mind when debating what to do with the isthmus - OLY 2012 included).

Bake Sale Benefit for Works In Progress outside the Capital Theater which is showing the movie "Body of War"

Hope to see you there. JLW lasagna will be available as long as supplies last. Bring your money, those nasty Federal Reserve Notes in your pocket compromise your integrity when they could be turned into print.

Marylea and I plan to be there to help staff the WIP table if our help is needed. If help is not needed we are simply going to throw some money away on delicious slow food. 

Hope to see you there!

Olympia Port Militarization now has a website. It's still a work-in-progress, but please check it out to get the latest news on upcoming port actions and information on how to get involved, as well as current fundraising efforts for the legal defense of port activists. There's also a mailing list, and there will be a collaborative community site online soon, as well as an image and video gallery.