You might say the Seattle waterfront project has faced a few setbacks.

There was the multi-year fight about how to solve the problem of the crumbling Alaskan Way viaduct. The round-and-round debates about tunnels versus surface streets versus elevated highways. There was the time tunnel-boring machine “Bertha” gave up the ghost and sat stone-still beneath the city for two years. And the time Pier 58 fell into Puget Sound.

When the final pieces of the new Seattle Waterfront Park are completed in 2024, it will include a monumental Northwest Coast art piece along Pier 58 called “Family” created by a member of the Puyallup Tribe.

Friends of Waterfront Seattle announced Thursday a major philanthropic gift of $5 million from Amazon. The funds will support the ongoing construction of Seattle’s new 20-acre Waterfront Park, set to be complete in 2024.

Visions to transform the downtown waterfront of Seattle moved one step closer to reality. Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that the city had negotiated with downtown property owners who threatened to block the location-specific tax.

Those who’ve spent years planning a transformation of Seattle’s waterfront closely watched the final leg of Bertha’s journey and celebrated when the tunnel boring machine finished digging on Tuesday morning.

There are hints of the High Line in one of the biggest civic projects endeavors in Seattle’s history.