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Viaduct starts coming down bit by bit

Originally published January 14, 2019 at 11:46 amUpdated January 14, 2019 at 11:48 am

Removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct at First Avenue South and Railway Avenue South begins Saturday morning. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
(Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

A piece of equipment bites through the viaduct Saturday morning. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Walter Cook, right, and others watch the teardown from First Avenue South on Saturday. The Seattle resident said he was taking an early yoga class nearby and when he saw the demolition, thought, “This looks like fun,” so he walked over to check it out. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Seagulls munch on food dropped onto the permanently closed viaduct, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

A construction worker sprays water to keep down the dust as a work crew removes part of the viaduct Saturday morning. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

A heavy equipment operator talkas to other construction workers as the removal of part of a ramp begins Saturday morning, January 12, 2019, at the southern end of the viaduct at 1st Ave. S. and Railway Ave. S.
(Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

The permanently closed Viaduct attracts onlookers at the Pike Place Market’s expansion deck, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Nicholas Kullman, in sunglasses facing camera , described his Sunday morning brunch with family next to the permanently closed Viaduct as “peaceful,” Jan. 13, 2019, in Seattle. At almost noon, Kullman added that without the closure, “we wouldn’t have been here since 10:15.” (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

A seagull takes flight over the permanently closed Viaduct, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

A view of the permanently closed Viaduct, with Smith Tower in the background, is seen from the Seattle Great Wheel, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Visitors in the shadows, left, came to Victor Steinbrueck Park to see the empty viaduct Saturday evening. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

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Ken Lambert: klambert@seattletimes.com. Ken Lambert is a staff photographer for The Seattle Times.

Ellen Banner: ebanner@seattletimes.com.

Alan Berner