For more than a half-century, Seattle’s Colman Dock ferry terminal at Pier 52 clung to the edge of the Elliot Bay waterfront like a hulking barnacle. Gray and architecturally mundane, it successfully ...

First built in 1882, Colman Dock has overcome multiple adversities during its long history, from the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 to a collision with the Alameda, a steel-hulled ship, in 1912. Today, ...