New apartments and new businesses could rise in an auto row era-styled building at the corner of E Pike and Belmont if a plan before the East Design Review Board is approved. The existing building, home to Kaladi Brothers Coffee, … Continue reading
Originally written by Robert Ketcherside for CHS — Dec, 2015 — On Halloween 95 years ago, Capitol Hill burned. We first published this account of the Great Automobile Row Fire of 1925 a few years back. An updated take on … Continue reading
A Capitol Hill project dinged for what the developers said was “not being modern enough” is back in the design review process and ready for public comment. The 523 Hilltop project from Capitol Hill-based developer Hunters Capital — and inspired … Continue reading
The developer behind a 15th Ave E project set to rise above the corner long home to the Hilltop Service Station is questioning a city board’s decision to reject its design proposal for the planned brick, concrete, and metal five-story … Continue reading
Three buildings with auto row roots within blocks of each other on Capitol Hill will move forward in the Seattle landmarks process. The Capitol Hill Historical Society advocacy and research group reported the successful Wednesday vote: All 3 nominations passed! … Continue reading
The last time this Capitol Hill developer and the architects from Studio Meng Strazzara hooked up, they created an eight-story project designed to set the standard for Pike/Pine preservation and redevelopment. On 15th Ave E, Hunters Capital won’t leave any motor car … Continue reading
Capitol Hill’s auto row may never truly fade away. CHS has learned that the people behind the neighborhood’s lone remaining automobile showroom now have plans to open another in a 1920-built garage just up the street. A new Alfa Romeo … Continue reading
Over the summer, CHS reported on an amazing move for a longtime Capitol Hill business. Doghouse’s Leather’s leather and kink retail project is making plans to bring life back to a 107-year-old Pike/Pine building with a (probably) racy past. As part … Continue reading
As it seeks a partner in its plans for affordable housing, Seattle Central will take the auto row history of one of the two Broadway properties it is pushing forward toward redevelopment in front of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board next week. … Continue reading
We’ve all heard of the 1889 Great Seattle Fire (ahem), but most of us haven’t heard of the Great Automobile Row fire that struck Capitol Hill in 1925. It started at 6:30 PM on Saturday, October 31, Halloween night on … Continue reading
