SEATTLE — Seattle marked the end of 15 years of construction Saturday with the opening of Waterfront Park on Elliott Bay, a 20-acre, 17-block public space built where the Alaskan Way Viaduct once stood.

City and community groups hosted Meet Me at Waterfront Park on Sept. 6, a ribbon-cutting followed by an all-day celebration with live entertainment, art installations and local food vendors.

"I think this is a fantastic thing for Seattle and everybody should be super proud of it," It's just a huge difference from the monstrosity of the previous structure," said longtime Seattle resident Kyle Peterson.

In 2019, work began to remove the Alaskan Way Viaduct that stood for decades.

"There [was a] great view when you were heading south, looking west, but other than that it was just noisy and

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