G Line

G Line — First Hill & Capitol Hill

📍 At this stop 4

The Central Library

📍 1000 4th Ave

Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus's 2004 landmark: eleven stories of folded glass diagrid. Free, open to all — no card needed to walk in.

The Books Spiral & the Red Floor

Four stories of nonfiction on one continuous ramp, and the much-photographed crimson corridors of the fourth-floor Meeting level.

The Reading Room & city views

The top-floor reading room looks out over Elliott Bay and the hills the G is about to climb — a free, quiet seat with the best window downtown.

Catch the G — Madison & 5th

📍 Madison St & 5th Ave

The library sits right where the line starts up Madison; the G stop is a block away, ready to carry you toward First Hill.