Danadjieva's Design Sketch for the I-5 Lid In the 1960's, Seattle was severed by a twelve lane depressed freeway with on/off ramps and overpasses built through its center. Important urban transportation corridors - Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and University and Union Streets -- were severed by the construction of Interstate-5, disrupting the city's pedestrian links between the residential community and downtown. Impetus for the Lid bridge project arose as air and noise pollution along the freeway caused adjacent property values to plummet and new development ceased. Concerned citizens considered covering Interstate-5 with a bridge to restore vitality to Seattle's downtown. The blighted land along the corridor and airspace above the freeway would thus become available for future park development. The project was the first of its kind in which a mutual interest among diverse parties brought together a sizeable investment of realization capital. Under the leadership of James Ellis, cooperation between the Department of Transportation, the city's Parks and Recreation Department, and private developers made this project feasible. The joint partnership produced benefits for all parties at minimal costs. Angela Danadjieva and Danadjieva & Koenig Associates have played a critical role in design, agency approval, facilitation, development, and construction of the endeavor. Since the start of the project in 1969, Danadjieva has been the only continuous master planner and designer for all three freeway air-rights development projects: Freeway Park (1976, $23 million); Pigott Memorial Corridor, (1984, $1.3 million); and the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, (1992, $191 million). Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Planning