For many people that work in Seattle, the Mercer Mess means construction and traffic. It's not a new issue. The east-west route was meant to be a 'temporary' corridor when built in the 1950s. It can take 20 to 40 minutes to go a little over a half mile during the afternoon commute on Mercer Street. From that vantage you can see the many new office buildings that have been built in the South Lake Union neighborhood the Mercer Mess bisects.
After hours, and out of your car, the Mercer Mess doesn't seem like quite a mess. A Pronto Bike Share station, urban landscaping in a pedestrian galleria in office space currently occupied by Amazon and the unfinished skeleton of a still rising all make for much more pleasant viewing than when you're sitting in the mess.
When completed the building above will house Paul Allen's, Allen Institute for Brain Science. It's 6 completed stories will include 240,000 square feet of laboratory space.
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