To the Seattle Times
March 20, 2000
Arthur Hu


Ode to a Dome


I wonder what would have happened if the Romans decided to blow up
the Coliseum just because it would cost too much to bring it back up
to world class standards? My 6 and 8 year olds often draw the
Kingdome in their school pictures as their favorite place. I asked
them if they should blow it up or keep it, and they said they'd like
to keep it. Having been to Fenway Park and the new Safeco field,
maybe it wasn't the world's greatest ballpark. But as a building, I
think it made a bolder statement than the erector set or the split
bun look of the new pair of stadiums. Now we'll have to clear out
every Seattle picture and memento that features the Space Needle /
Downtown / Kingdome skyline that we've all grown up with. It will
always remain in my memory looming approaching the city from I5, and
we will all miss it.


Arthur Hu
Kirkland WA
425-814-2183