As Seattle’s only river, the heavily industrialized Duwamish “Waterway” holds layers of history and meaning, people and culture, heavy metals and habitat, and these layers inform a design process.  The Lower Duwamish Waterway was named an USEPA Superfund site in 2001 and several “early action sites” have been identified for cleanup.  

Duwamish Palimpsest explores the historic process of the river that have led to this point in time in the cleanup process (10 years after being named “Superfund”) and makes suggestions for potential futures.