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CHS Community Post | Builder Refuses to Listen to Capitol Hill Community

IMG_1045The image shows the new Caroline W. Apartments going up at 431 Boylston Ave E.  The tri-color you see on the exterior walls was not a part of the Final Proposal and was not reviewed by a public Design Review Board.  The surrounding community is concerned because the building looks jarring and does not fit the neighborhood aesthetic like the new, well-designed Stream Belmont Apartments that went up next door. The property managers were notified of the community’s concerns but they have let us know that they don’t care and will not change it.  Seattle Department of Planning and Development have also ignored our concerns.  We are calling for assistance in preventing this new Lego / Tetris building from disrupting our neighborhood!

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Ryan on Summit
Ryan on Summit
9 years ago

Thanks John. Who should we contact at this point? DPD? I saw this and also thought it was in bad taste. Now that I know it was not in the original plans we should definitely raise our concerns.

J
J
9 years ago

Gentrification’s a bitch, ain’t it?

Neil
Neil
9 years ago

This is not gentrification. These are “low income apartment units for tentants recovering from homelessness and mental illness”. All we’ll and good, but the siding color is garish and not what was presented to the community and approved.

Alfred Harris
Alfred Harris
9 years ago

What is the name of the builder?

Alfred Harris
Alfred Harris
9 years ago

I just looked at the developer’s website. The results of their work is uniformly awful.

Ryan on Summit
Ryan on Summit
9 years ago

And yet the work continues. DPD needs to issue a stop work order. It’s half finished as of today, on the north side of the building.

lana
lana
9 years ago

thanks so much for posting. i walk by this building several times a day and the siding is so incredibly horrific and troublesome. completely out of context with the rest of the neighborhood. i haven’t known what i could do but now i plan on contacting the entities that you list and add my two cents.

Wes
Wes
9 years ago

First you guys say all the new stuff looks the same. Now this one’s out of character for the neighborhood. Starting to feel like most of you just despise new developments in general and need a lame excuse to justify your attitude. I personally like it. If every building were like this I would hate it, but one building that’s a little different makes it interesting. If you wanna live in a place where everything looks the same and your senses will never be challenged there’s this place called lynnwood. It’s not too far, maybe you should try it.

Connie Daniels
Connie Daniels
9 years ago

The whole idea of the design is to make something plain, like Army barracks, house the people who are a drain to our economy. A nimbus of shame.