Help name the crane
Residents have regularly paused along the fence next to the former Safeway site in upper Queen Anne to watch the progress of construction, in particular the enormous crane being used to do the heavy lifting.
Now, people can help name the crane, which towers over the hill and can be seen from Interstate 5 and the ferries crossing Puget Sound. The Queen Anne & Magnolia News, Queen Anne Farmers Market and developer BarrientosRyan have partnered together to invite residents to choose a name for the yellow crane in a two-part process that will end with the release of the crane’s new name on Nov. 23.
In phase one, people can submit name suggestions in a number of ways — by emailing Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor Jessica Keller (qamagnews@pacificpublishingcompany.com; subject Queen Anne Crane) or posting to the crane threads on the newspaper’s Facebook and Twitter pages (facebook.com/QueenAnneMagnoliaNews and twitter.com/qamagnews).
People can also leave their suggestions in person at the main Farmers Market booth at the Queen Anne Harvest Market, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 on Crockett Street and Queen Anne Avenue North. The last day to submit suggestions is Nov. 4.
In the second phase, the four best names will be selected and then published in the Nov. 9 Queen Anne & Magnolia News. People can then vote on their favorite name in a poll on the Queen Anne & Magnolia News website, through email, social media or at a Queen Anne Harvest Market booth, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 19.
The last day to vote will be Nov. 19. After the votes are tallied, the name selected by the community will be announced in the Nov. 23 Queen Anne & Magnolia News and on a banner that will be installed at the construction site along Queen Anne Avenue North.
Crane fun facts
What kind of crane? Liebherr 630EC-H Litronic
How tall? 157 feet
How long is the jib? 267 feet
How much can it lift? Up to 80,000 pounds, decreasing to 12,000 pounds at maximum radius of 262 feet
How much can be lifted at this site? Never more than 44,000 pounds
How long will the crane stay up? Until late 2023