Interestingly, when I saw the above image in the Seattle Times today, I thought, “That looks kind of cool.” It was only after I read the article headline (“Monorail foes decry “wall”‘) that I found out that the image was suppose to show how ugly 2nd Avenue would be with the monorail. There are definitely some good reasons to be against a monorail in Seattle, but showing images of a built up downtown environment does not do it for me!

Thanks to City Comfort Blog for pointing this issue out. I probably wouldn’t have thought to blog the obvious contradiction until I read your post.