Preserving Yamasaki's Vision
Friends of Yamasaki News
Join us in our mission to protect and honor the architectural legacy of Minoru Yamasaki by preserving the iconic reflecting pools at the Pacific Science Center.
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Friends of Yamasaki Summer 2025 News
Celebrating Two Years of Accomplishments Since our founding, Friends of Yamasaki has grown enormously. Beginning with co-chair Donald Kunz’s initial meeting with Eugenia Woo of Historic Seattle in July 2023, our membership now approaches 200 Friends, including 14...
Friends of Yamasaki Summer 2025 News
Celebrating Two Years of Accomplishments Since our founding, Friends of Yamasaki has grown enormously. Beginning with co-chair Donald Kunz’s initial meeting with Eugenia Woo of Historic Seattle in July 2023, our membership now approaches 200 Friends, including 14...
A New Threat to Seattle’s Iconic Pacific Science Center
Per The Cultural Landscape Foundation®: In February 2023 at a briefing to the Seattle Landmark Preservation Board, the center’s leadership claimed that the two courtyard pools (an upper pool on the courtyard’s north side and a lower pool on its south side) leak or...
Pacific Science Center Listed in 2024 TCLF Landslide Report
Recognizing the currently threatened status of Yamasaki's Pacific Science Center courtyard and pools, The Cultural Landscape Foundation Homepage | TCLF is listing the Pacific Science Center as part of their 2024 Landslide updates. Following is the complete text of...