Capitol Hill cooks looking for local ingredients for their Tofurky Day feast contributions will find some new additions at the tables at Sunday's Broadway farmers market. Here's the list of items making their market debut this week:
Parsnips – The colder it gets, the sweeter they become. Give them a try roasted, boiled or sautéed. They are available at all three markets from Willie Green’s Organic Farm.
Pears – White Doyenne are new from Booth Canyon Orchards. They are available alongside Bosc, Comice, D’Anjou and Olympic
Freshly Ground Flour – Organic hard red wheat is being freshly ground by Nash’s Organic and is being sold in 4 pound bags at the U-District market. The wheat was planted in the spring of 09, harvested in September and is being fresh ground every week for market shoppers. How can anything be fresher?
Matsutake Mushrooms – from Foraged and Found – at the U-District and West Seattle markets.
HOLIDAY TREES AND WREATHS– We are excited to welcome back Three Tree Farm to the U-District and Broadway markets for the next 4 weekends. The Noble and Blue Spruce trees have been freshly cut and come in all sizes. Beautiful holiday wreaths are also available from Alm Hill Gardens at all three markets.
The market runs 11 AM - 3 PM in the parking lot behind Bank of America at Broadway and Thomas.
The Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, by the way, is also sponsoring a Thanksgiving contest that rewards cooking skills, a dedication to locally-sourced ingredients and having your stuff together-ness (entering takes a little doing and more organization than CHS is capable of in the kitchen). Here are the details:
Thank-Your-Farmers Harvest Feast CONTEST!
Announcing the "Thank-Your-Farmers Harvest Feast" CONTEST for the best and most direct-from-the-farmers-market Thanksgiving Dinner of 2009!
Grand Prize: a meal cooked in your home by award-winning Chef Tamara Murphy of Brasa Restaurant for you and up to 5 guests!!*
Second place prize: $100 shopping spree at any of our seven Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets*, plus two bottles of wine from market farmers, and a Farmers Market apron.
Third place prize: $75 Farmers Market gift certificate, one bottle of wine and a Farmers Market apron.
The Grand Prize will be awarded to the host/cook who makes the most farmers-market-sourced, delicious, unique and beautifully presented Thanksgiving dinner for 2009. As much as possible, everything from the wine to the centerpiece should be sourced directly from local farms at the Broadway, U-District or West Seattle Farmers Markets.
1. It's easy! Host a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26, 2009, of any size, featuring ingredients sourced from either one or all of these three Farmers Markets: Broadway, U-District, West Seattle. The dinner can be pot-luck style or cooked all by you, but you (and your group) must be prepared to provide written recipes of all dishes served, and the source of all the ingredients. (This contest is about supporting these three local winter farmers markets, which keep numerous small, diverse local farms in business.) Also, as much as possible, the ingredients that you cannot purchase at the farmers markets should be locally sourced (eg, check out Stone Burr's line of Washington-sourced flour, available at various Seattle grocery stores). Also remember: the original harvest feast held by the Pilgrims featured what was available, including fish, deer and other game. Turkey and pumpkin pie are traditions that were only invented in the late 1800's. SO, celebrate what's local, and be creative!
2. Take pictures of the dishes and the table setting, and also of the preparation in the kitchen (you don't need to detail every step of the process, but enough to give us an idea of what you did). Write down your dinner menu and all recipes, plus where all the ingredients were sourced, including the drinks, wine and any decorations such as bouquets, etc. Write down the name of the farm, and which farmers market the ingredient was purchased at.
3. Your entry will be judged on: the extent to which ingredients were sourced directly from local farmers at these three farmers markets, the quality of the recipes (they need not be elaborate to be good - simple can be exquisite too!), the uniqueness/creativity of the overall menu, and the presentation (again, simple can be just as beautiful as elaborate). Our judges are nationally-known Chef Tamara Murphy of Brasa Restaurant, one of our market farmers, and local food writer Cynthia Nims (www.cynthianims.com). It can be dinner for two or for twenty, elaborate or simple.
4. Submit your photos and written menu/recipes to the NFMA by December 4, either via email or snail mail, or by dropping it off at the info table at any of the three farmers markets. Winner will be chosen by December 16, and first, second and third-place entries will be posted on the NFMA website as well as displayed at our winter markets, to inspire others to think creatively and locally for the holidays. Please also give your dinner a 'name' - eg., the Smith Family Feast, or the 34th and Yesler Street Party.
5. This contest is open to home cooks only please, not professional chefs and cooks (i.e., anyone who makes their living via catering or cooking or restaurant).
On November 30, 1999, Capitol Hill became a battleground as police clashed with protesters and the city's downtown core erupted in confrontation. The World Trade Organization had come to Seattle bringing all the world's problems with it -- and exposing plenty of Seattle's along the way. Not every moment was warfare. Much of the protest and activism was the kind of thing you see here. Regular folks taking a stand. Or a sit. Of course, regular folks also fought back. We'll have more of that story this week -- if you have memories you'd like to share, please add to these posts in the comments -- but, first, let's focus on a present-day gathering of activists on Capitol Hill.
Next weekend, Seattle University, New Hope Baptist Church and Town Hall host a free series of workshops and events to mark the anniversary of the protests. Here's more from Seattleplus10.org:
THE PEOPLE’S SUMMIT Nov 27-29
WTO+10: Global Justice Forward!
On Nov 30th the World Trade Organization (WTO) will host a “restart” meeting in Geneva – 10 years to the day from when we shut down the Seattle WTO! On Dec 7th, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change opens in Copenhagen. These are uncertain times and much is at stake: Join us to reclaim and amplify our voices with the vision we have for a healthy planet and people. Let’s harness the spirit of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle with a renewed commitment to move global justice forward!
Friday Nov 27 through Sunday Nov 29: three days of plenaries, workshops and a cross-sector strategy session, held at Seattle University, New Hope Baptist Church and Town Hall. Visit www.seattleplus10.org for a full list of speakers, plenaries, and workshops!
CHS will feature coverage this week of the 10-year anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle with a focus on Capitol Hill's role in the events. As part of the remembrance, we are sponsoring a new kind of civil disobedience. There's still a place for facing down jack-booted thugs and noxious gas -- but we also admire people who get their point across in more subversive ways.
In that spirit, CHS is proud to co-present The Yes Men Fix the World at Northwest Film Forum. The film documents the work of two pranksters who put technology and empty-headed bureaucracy to work to infiltrate the modern media loop and hijack corporate and governmental posturing in the name of social activism. It's like Borat with purpose beyond watching a skinny man wrestle a fat man naked. Seeing one of the Yes Men portraying a government official addressing the community in storm-ravaged New Orleans and making promises that are entirely doable but also entirely outside the realities of government is both funny and heart-breaking. But it's also inspiring when you see the residents catch on to the message, get the 'joke,' and join in on bashing the mind-blown politicians and media who have been punk'd into playing their parts in the stunt.
The Yes Men plays November 27 through December 3. Friday's opening night showing is a benefit for WTO +10, with Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum and other guests in attendance at both of the evening's shows. Bichlbaum will also attend screenings on November 28 and 29. And CHS will be in the house to say hello before most screenings.
Hiroko's outfit caught my eye outside of Velo Bike Shop on my way home from work. The days are getting shorter and so is my picture taking window. When I found Hiroko, the last bit of daylight was creeping behind the horizon.
From the color to the lovely bow I adore these clever boots. Hiroko's look is a great mix of feminine and unconventional preppy style. This combination makes for a unique outfit that doesn't feel overly put together.
For more street style photos from around Capitol Hill and the rest of the city check out my website:www.itsmydarlin.com
You, however, can deliver your feedback in person Thursday night by attending the Capitol Hill Community Council's November public meeting. An SDOT official is on the agenda and will be ready and willing to gather your input on the updated Broadway parking plan. Oh, and you'll also get to feast on some yummy community potluck chow as the Council celebrates the harvest with an autumn meal. Bring something to share.
Capitol Hill Community Council
November General Meeting Agenda & Fall Potluck
Cal Anderson Shelter House
Cal Anderson Park
7-9pm on November 19, 2009
Officer Introductions & Welcome
Open Floor & 1st Helpings
September Meeting Minutes/Finance Report
Committee Reports - Community Events - Policy & Planning - Open Space
Discussion Topics
Guest Speaker: Harper, Seattle Department of Transportation Discussion of community parking plan for Capitol Hill.
You might not have noticed but another large media entity has geared up to offer a 'hyperlocal' site for Capitol Hill. The Seattle PI has had a Cap Hill blog forever but they recently gave it the same upgrade they've rolled out in a few other neighborhoods in the city. You can check out the Seattle PI site here. Or just enjoy this fine screen grab and save the click.
Like the PI's effort in other neighborhoods, the Hearst-backed online news outfit isn't committing any dedicated reporters or photographers to Capitol Hill and its posts come from unpaid community members. Contrary to what you might think, CHS is happy to have more people writing about the Hill -- we just wish they weren't doing it in a way that lines the pockets of a big corporation. Why not start your own site?
If you would like to help line our pockets, however, anybody can post an article to CHS. You just need an account -- then click the Post link in the menu and let it rip. And if you're serious about it, drop us a line and we can add you to our revenue sharing program. Yup -- unlike the PI, we pay. We're a community site, full of community voices. We welcome you to join the conversation.
The first community design meeting to discuss the 230 Broadway development happens tonight at Seattle University. The project will replace a block along Broadway where Bank of America, Noah's Bagels and Cafe Septieme and others currently do business -- and also the parking lot where the weekly Broadway farmers market takes place.
Seattle bloggers and the people that love them will be gathering at Central Cinema tonight for Blogsgiving 2009. Everybody is welcome -- we're raising donations for NorthWest Harvest so bring a few bucks or a couple cans of food to give. There will be free food and some wine to get the party moving plus Central's kitchen and beer taps will be open and ready for business. Stick around to catch Big Trouble in Little China afterward.
Monday is the deadline for community suggestions to name the two new parks being built on Capitol Hill. An e-mail from Capitol Hill Community Council president Jennifer Power spells out the parks department rules:
The Park Naming Committee is comprised of one representative designated by the Board of Park Commissioners, one by the Chair of the City Council Parks and Seattle Center Committee, and one by the Parks Superintendent. Criteria the committee considers in naming parks include: geographical location, historical or cultural significance, and natural or geological features. A park may be named for a person no longer living (deceased a minimum of three years) who made a significant contribution to parks and/or recreation. The Park Naming Committee will consider all suggestions and make a recommendation to the Superintendent, who makes the final decision.
We've written about the naming process several times -- here are most of the suggestions we've seen on CHS. The only one we can endorse is the idea to name the 16th at Howell greenspace after Gray Lambert, the activist nearby Lambert House is named for. Some other ideas from CHS comments:
Summit at John An angled, sloped walkway separating a grassy grade and community garden plots. With skateboard element and picnic area
Howell at 16th A level turf area in the middle of the site, bordered by a collective garden to the north and a crushed rock plaza and allee to the south
Suggestions:
Paradise Park
Summit Slope Park
Wayside Park
Rest Stop Park
Suggestions:
Shannon Harps Park
Desmond Tutu Park
Queen City Park
Emerald City Park
Parkcrest Park
Maidan Park
Flattop Park
Mia Zapata Park
Riot Park
Seven Hills Park
Capitolinus Park
Second Hill Park
Lambert Gray Park
Obama's mother's park
Maybe we're not as tuned into the Hill's history as we should be but there aren't any ideas that seem like obvious choices. Honoring Cal Anderson at the time the Hill's park was being built, wrote community organizer Kay Rood, just seemed right:
State Senator Cal Anderson died of AIDS in August 1995, just as Groundswell was mobilizing on our first big grant project. One of our steering committee members suggested that we name the new park for him, and the idea seemed just right from the very beginning. I never knew Cal, but I know from all I have read and heard that he was an exceptional person. Widely praised for his work ethic and personal integrity, he worked tirelessly on behalf of the disenfranchised. A park in the heart of the 43rd District named for him would bring a pride of place to our community, a new name for a new future. We tucked the idea away. I figured we would know when the time was right to propose it, which was not until we had assurances that there would be a park worthy of Cal’s name.
Assembled inside a dingy 12th Avenue building by Rusty Oliver and a group of industrial artists who call themselves the Hazard Factory, it's 10 holes featuring crazy contraptions involving catapults, air compressors, power tools and 33-1/3 rpm turntables.
At hole No. 2, which is called "Driving Range," you can launch a ball through an air-powered machine gun toward the upturned innards of a piano: "Clang — ng-ng-ng."
At hole No. 5, "Roulette Francaise," a motorized scooter turns a platform that shoots your ball off in one of four directions — one containing a hole. (And feel free to toot the scooter's horn whenever, just for fun.)
There's also beer and snacks in the Miniature Golf Apocalypse clubhouse. You can buy tickets and get more info at http://www.smashputt.com/ The playing season is a short one -- Smash Putt will only be open for play these final three weekends of November.
I just report this stuff. I don't get to decide what happens. Corporate mega chain Blockbuster has decided its Capitol Hill outlet makes the perfect host for a Friday night celebration of teen girl cinema.
SEATTLE AREA BLOCKBUSTER INVITES TWILIGHT SAGA FANS
TO FRIDAY THE 13th CELEBRATION OF "NEW MOON"
Hundreds of Seats for Special Nov. 19 Advance Screening To Be Given Away At the Blockbuster Capitol Hill Store On Broadway
WHAT: Some Twilight Saga fans, eager for the new feature film "New Moon,"
won¹t have to wait until the movie¹s release on Nov. 20th to sink their
teeth into the next installment about Bella and Edward. The BLOCKBUSTER
store on Capitol Hill is hosting a special celebration of ³New Moon² on the
night of Friday the 13th. Hundreds of tickets to a special advance
screening of the film, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 19 courtesy of
BLOCKBUSTER, will be given away at the event.
The Friday the 13th celebration of ³New Moon² will feature:
· Two free tickets to the advance screening for the first 100 fans at
the event.
· Dozens of additional advance screening tickets given away during the
event held 10 pm - Midnight
· Screening of "Twilight" at 10 pm
· More "Twilight" and "New Moon" prizes, including posters and DVDs, as
well as BLOCKBUSTER rental cards so fans can watch ³Twilight² again before
heading to the theater for ³New Moon.²
WHEN: Friday, November 13, 10 pm - Midnight
WHERE: Blockbuster on Broadway 1514 Broadway Ave (206) 324-6012
WHAT: "New Moon" Celebration & Ticket Giveaway
Select tickets given away to the first 100 fans at the event. (More given
away throughout the evening.) Also a 10 pm: Screening of the movie
Artist ELITE, whose work was featured at Throwbacks NW this month, spotted at Featherston Gallery admiring the works of fellow artist Elizabeth Jameson (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
Observing "Post-Bellum" by Elizabeth Jameson at the Featherston Gallery (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
Guitarist Reji LeFleuer plays on the steps at Retail Therapy, adding sound to the paintings by featured artist Jenna Colby (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
Babeland's Plastic Porn (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
Listeners in Steampunk attire listen to Cherie Priest read her similarly themed Sci-Fi novel, "Boneshaker" at 15th Ave Coffee & Tea (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
Out for Sustainability is hosting a conference on the periphery of Capitol Hill this weekend... at the Olive 8 Hyatt. The conference features a number of topics, ranging from gender and healthcare to the pros and cons of Washington state's DP rights.
The cost of the conference ranges from $5 - $35. For specifics on the conference, visit GayCapHill!
Flowers, candles and messages for Ben Hills decorate the Comet this morning in a tribute to the musician who died in Wednesday's tragic 11th Ave fire. A second man injured in the fire was treated at Harborview with non-life threatening injuries.
Some highlights from this second Thursday's Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk. Live music at some of the venues this time: Katherine Hepburn's Voice at Cupcake Royale (7 pm),(KHV broke up! no band for Cupcake Royale!), Reji Lefleur at Retail Therapy (5 pm) and Lushy at Fetherston Gallery (6 pm). Note that Seattle Asian Art Museum provides free admission during Blitz (5 pm to 8 pm). A few samples of what you'll see this month and a map of all the venues, below.
Dio caught my eye at the Walgreens on Broadway and Pine. I am such a big fan of throwing a bow tie into an everyday outfit. From the accessories to the well tailored coat Dio manages to look relaxed, dressy, dapper, and fun all at once.
For more street style photos from Capitol Hill and the rest of the city see my website: www.itsmydarlin.com
Join CHS and Gay Cap Hill for a little late-fall Happy Hour(s) at Purr! We'll be meeting up next Thursday, November 19 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This event is for anyone and everyone to attend so we hope to see everyone there! If you want to check out their happy hour offerings, visit Purr's web site.
Capitol Hill do-gooders -- that's you, right? -- have two options to contribute to society tonight.
One is easy, one is hard:
Easy first. Sustainable Capitol Hillpresents Greendrinks tonight. It's your opportunity to network with young, sexy types who enjoy recycling, bicycling and every kind of cycling you can possibly think of.
We will feature Sierra Nevada beer, a result of our having raised the most money of all the neighborhood Greendrinks in the last event in January. We'll also have some tasty snacks from Madison Market and some special treats from Bluebird Ice Cream! That's right, there's free ice cream as well.
As with all Greendrinks events, we'd appreciate it if you can help keep this a low-impact event by bringing your own glass for beer or other beverages and, since we have ice cream, a spoon as well.
5:30-9:00 PM at CHS partner OfficeNomads (Boylston at Pine)
And now hard. Results from this survey and meeting process from the summer will be examined and discussed tonight as the city's planning commission takes steps toward leading Seattle neighborhoods to develop new 10-year plans.
During June and July, many neighbors joined in meetings and many other hundreds participated in on line questionnaires to review the Draft Neighborhood Status Reports and comment on changes— good, bad, and unexpected —that have occurred since Seattle’s Neighborhood Plans were written in the late 90's. We explored growth, transportation, housing, economic development, utilities, neighborhood character, open space and parks, public services, public safety. The Planning Commission’s reports on comments can be reviewed at http://www.seattle.gov/planningcommission/
The Neighborhood Plan Advisory Committee (NPAC) and the Seattle Planning Commission want to report back to you on the trends that emerged so far and to get your help to identify the continuing priorities and new issues that should be emphasized in the final Status Reports and a State of the Neighborhood Report that will be presented to the City Council and Mayor. These reports will contribute to policy decisions including decisions about whether or how to updates neighborhood plans. Your input will also be important as NPAC shapes its recommendations on conducting, prioritizing and funding updates to the neighborhood plans listed below.
Tuesday, November 10th/ Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway – Room BE 1110/11 6-8 PM Directions http://seattlecentral.edu/maps/
I stumbled onto this fascinating essay about life on Capitol Hill in the 1950s inspired by the writer's discovery of the "I grew up on Capitol Hill' Facebook group. The names and the stories have so much color -- it's a good lesson to go find out the names of those people in the world around you so you can write quality history later. The essay is also a lesson in how quickly the Hill's culture has changed while providing prologue for the family-friendliness of today's northern Capitol Hill with its mommy and daddies and daddies and daddies and mommies and mommies. There is also a taste of the clubbiness that still can pervade some Capitol Hill streets.
We did a lot of the things our classmates did: bought penny candy at the same mom-and-pop stores, took 25 cents to the Roycroft Theater every Saturday afternoon for a program that included a serial, a newsreel, a cartoon and a feature film; built wooden hydroplanes and tied them to the back of our bikes for our own versions of the Gold Cup Races run on Lake Washington. We sometimes went to the original Red Mill on Friday night with our aunt and uncle so we could have fish and chips and not have to go home to a kitchen that smelled like fried fish.
We went to the Friday night social dancing classes when we were in seventh and eight grades, and stood on one side of the hall while the St. Joe's boys were on the other. I can still remember a couple of Jack Reilly's sequence of steps and calls from that 7th-grade square dance class where they partnered us up with the boys by marching us in intersecting lines.
You'll see a lot of sea turtle's work in this slideshow of images from "capitol hill seattle" sorted by flickr's "most interesting" ranking from this year. Enjoy.
The 49th Annual Fall Bazaar takes place at Dom Polski, this weekend (11/7 - 11/8) from 12 to 7 pm each day.
Booths upstairs will offer Polish crystal bowl and vases, Boleslawiec pottery, amber and silver jewelry, pottery, books, and crafts. Downstairs, you can enjoy traditional Polish dishes of pierogi, sausage, cabbage rolls etc. served by the young generation of waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also buy home made desserts and pastries. The address is 1714 18th Ave. Seattle, and free admission and parking.
It's been a long time since Seattle's last big shake had everybody diving under desks and thinking about being more prepared for emergencies. If you were here for the Nisqually earthquake in 2001, you'll be happy to know that we apparently got lucky. These scientists say 'the big one' might end up being even bigger than previously thought when it finally strikes the city.
All of this toward freaking you out a a bit and encouraging you to give serious thought to attending a community meeting on disaster preparedness this Saturday -- or, at least, getting prepared on your own.
The Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare group is bringing its seminar to the Capitol Hill library Saturday at 10:30 AM. You'll learn how to be prepared as an individual -- and as a community -- for emergencies big and small and, yes, even snowy.
The SNAP group has also been working with community groups in the city to prepare neighborhood disaster response plans for the areas. Where on Capitol Hill will people gather in the event of a major catastrophe that destroys homes and apartment buildings? That's the kind of thing you might want to have a plan for as a community. As an individual, much of it is as simple as making sure you have the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of your neighbors and extra water.
And being prepared on Capitol Hill is an especially good idea. WARNING: More freak-you-out stuff follows. At a recent meeting of the Capitol Hill Community Council, Seattle Office of Emergency Management's Mark Howard said Capitol Hill's older homes are a big concern in a significant earthquake. Howard said older houses on the Hill are often not attached securely to their foundations and the risk is that they will collapse in the event of a strong earthquake. Howard said the most vulnerable area of Capitol Hill is the west side along I-5 where there is also the risk of landslides. Freak-out stuff over.
As an independent retailer I notice a lack of ongoing coverage of retail activity. Sure things get coverage when they open, when misfortune strikes or when they close. Reading this blog over the last month I have definitely seen a lot of love shown towards local retailers like Bliss and Bailey-Coy. So why wait for these types of events to share our love for what makes our local shopping experiences unique to our neighborhood?
There are dozens of retail gems that are just waiting to be discovered in the diverse community that is Capitol Hill - and First Hill. I am proposing a companion column to the Food & Drink Notes called New in Store. Retail establishments could submit info that I would compile and post on a regular basis. Maybe you are teaching a knitting class, have a new Tarot reader in the store, or got some cool new products in that you know people would love if they only knew about them.
If this has been done or tried in the past - I apologize....
The films: The featured film of the evening is Division Street, a thought-provoking look at the impact of roads on wildlife, wild places, and the human landscape. Other engaging and entertaining short documentary, fiction, and adventure films highlight how ordinary people are creating real change across the globe. The film festival is the largest of its kind on the West Coast!
The fun:
▪ Free snacks and great deals on Sierra Nevada Brewing Co beer at the reception and intermission
▪ Door prizes from national sponsors (first 100 guests in the door)
▪ A free raffle ticket for everyone to win some great prizes! (more available by donation)
There's a big news event in between then and now that might make you forget about it -- but here's an early reminder about Wednesday night's meeting of the Capitol Hill Design Board to review the latest plans for the 1530 11th Ave project. We've covered the redevelopment planning process of the old brick building that was once a factory and part of Capitol Hill's early auto industry. Wednesday's meeting is a chance for the design board to weigh in on the plans for the development and for the community to have a say in the process.
Here are some thoughts and questions from the CHS comments about the project:
joshmahar: I think the additional parking in lieu of arts and culture space would be a travesty and must be stopped.
kstinebeck: agree that the double height commercial space should be in 11th. In reality, because of the grade up to 12th, there is no reason this feature should be wasted on Pine. I personally don't mind metal siding as long as the bottom of the building speaks to the top.
mmariano: The new design proposal is (currently) very unfortunate. Look a block away to a good addition to a historic building - the old Packard building is respectfully restored and the addition is true to the year it was built. Replicating the historic parapet of Sunset Electric and other faux historic details do not make a good building in its entirety. Hopefully the Design Review Board meeting will be well attended by the community.
Finish Tag: Very frustrating to see a complete lack of options on this project. Basically the Applicant is saying (to the Board and to the neighbors), "Thanks, but we don't need your input." The Design Review Board still expects to weigh in on options for SOME aspect of the building at a second EDG, if not the massing. This packet looks like a Recommendation meeting packet, just without the colors. They were asked to come back for a second GUIDANCE meeting for a reason.
CapHillMax: So while we are talking about preservation, does anyone not see the folly of plopping a residential building right on a street that is full of bars, late-night restaurants and clubs?
Dennis Saxman: This would only be considered preservation in George Orwell's 1984
