Longshoreman's Daughter, a restaurant in the heart of Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, represents a creative collaboration of the artists and craftspeople in the community. The owner, the daughter of a longshoreman, wanted to create an environment that would evoke her memories of the Tacoma waterfront and the people, machinery and ships that inhabit it. Led by Adams Mohler Ghillino, the collaborators included the owner, who acted as her own general contractor, artists who painted the wall murals, an industrial designer who designed and fabricated the light fixtures, metalists who fabricated the decorative plate steel column covers and bar front, and the chef, who happily kept the team well fed throughout the construction process. The result evokes the spirit of the NW Longshore without being explicit and makes a strong argument for the rewards and benefits of owner--architect--artist collaboration.
