As was reported on this site last summer, the Bullitt Foundation had been planning to replace the small C.C. Attle's building with "a building that performed a series of technically rigorous functions in geology, hydrology and solar applications."
With the first design review scheduled for this week, we've got our first look at what they were talking about:
It's a hyper-efficient five-story office building. Overall the project would go beyond the standard 65' height limit for that property, including an extra 10' to allow more daylight into the five stories.
The preferred design outlines three separate commercial spaces at ground level with entrances off of 15th, and entrance to the offices up the hill on the Madison side:
The roof and south wall along Pike Street hold a ton of solar cells, good for up to 261,000 kilowatt-hours per year. The average single-family house consumes about 60,000 kilowatt-hours per year, so that would be enough to power more than four homes.
The developer is also exploring whether they could turn that block of 15th Avenue into a park boulevard, and remodel the small triangular McGilvra park across the street there to include different plants, more seating, and "an innovative wastewater and stormwater treatment system for the overall project."
You can learn more and put in your comments at the design review this Wednesday.
Your intrepid CHS blogger is currently on the scene of a big SWAT operation in Leschi, just up from the business district along the water there. There's been a multi-hour stand-off between police and a man who may be a suspect in today's murder of four police officers in Lakewood south of Tacoma.
Our partner SeattleCrime.com has been on it from the beginning:
SPD patrol and SWAT officers surrounded a home in the Leschi neighborhood around 9:00 p.m. Sunday night after locating a person of interest sought in connection with a shooting in Parkland, WA in which four police officers were killed.
The home is on E Superior Street and Erie Avenue. Officers diverted Metro buses in the area, called in K9, police negotiators, armored vehicles, a mobile precinct, and the King County Sheriff's Guardian One helicopter. Officers were called in from other precincts, and police completely locked down the neighborhood. "We're using an abundance of caution," SPD spokesman told reporters at the scene. "We have to go on the assumption that anyone may be involved in the events today may be armed and extremely dangerous."
Police were looking for a 37-year-old felon, Maurice Clemmons, who police believe may be connected to the murder of four Lakewood police officers at a coffee shop near McChord air force base in the morning hours of November 30th. The owner of the home surrounded by SWAT officers appears to be related to Clemmons. A woman apparently dropped Clemmons off at the home earlier in the day, and later contacted police to tell them he was there.
More neighborhood-specific coverage at CentralDistrictNews.com
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Our newspartners at The Seattle Times are reporting that the "person of interest" in last weekend's police murder is in critical condition at Harborview with a wound to the head.
They've also proven that having sources and their phone numbers is much more productive than waiting for media briefings at crime scenes. As we reported earlier today, SPD detectives were in Tukwila to investigate a tip from a citizen in Officer Brenton's murder:
The person who tipped police to the car said the man had only recently covered it and had been acting bizarrely, according to a law enforcement source.
The wounded man apparently has no felony history. He had recently laid off from his job as a security guard, according to the source.
The shooting happened just as the memorial service for Brenton was ending at Seattle's KeyArena. Many of the officers who attended the memorial immediately left when they got word of the shooting, some rushing to Tukwila.
The Times is also reporting that two other men have been detained, and that they may have ties to the person of interest.
Read the whole story at SeattleTimes.com
Update: And now the 41 year old suspect is named in an update to the Seattle Times story:
Records show he was a student at Highline Community College. An adviser there said he was interested in criminal justice.
[The suspect] apparently has no felony history though he was caught speeding twice in Snohomish County, once inSeptember 2007 and again in March this year. Most recently he worked as a security guard, although he was recently laid off, according to source.
So far it seems like SPD's psychological profile pretty much nailed this guy.
The latest batch of crime stats from July have been released by the Seattle Police Department, showing a 17% increase over July of 2008. The uptick was led by increases in property crimes such as burglaries and thefts, while violent crimes were flat or down.
Here's the details:
- Assaults were down 6% vs July 2008
- Robberies were unchanged
- Burglaries were up 13%
- Thefts were up 45%
- Stolen Vehicles were down 35%
The biggest increase in crime was found in the C2 police beat, which runs east of Broadway between Roy & Pike St:
- Crime was down 13% in beat C1
- Up 68% in beat C2
- Up 6% in beat E1
- Up 29% in beat E2
From today's LGBT Equality March & Rally:
Photo by Jeff Romeo, special to CHS
Photo by Jeff Romeo, special to CHS
Photo by Jeff Romeo, special to CHS
Photo by Jeff Romeo, special to CHS
On September 30th we caught a bit on the police scanner about a man who robbed a woman on Summit Avenue East, notably employing a Taser gun in the crime.
That man is now caught, according to the SPD blotter:
On October 8th, at approximately4:00 p.m., the victim of an armed robbery saw the suspect in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill and flagged down an officer. The officer located and arrested the suspect. The 31-year old male suspect was then transported to the Robbery detectives where he was interviewed and later booked into the King County Jail on Investigation of Robbery and an outstanding warrant. The original robbery occurred on September 30th in the 200 Block of Summit Avenue East, where the suspect used a taser-like device on the victim and another man while robbing both of them.
We just heard on the scanner that someone was taking pot shots with a BB gun at a woman as she walked up Howell near Boylston.
An officer just said that he spoke to a resident who said that a man "had been doing this for several days, popping off BB shots through a window" on the fourth third floor of the apartment building at 1816 Boylston Ave.
Officers found damage to vehicles parked in the area too. They're blocking off all the surrounding streets and discussing the best ways to access the area while staying outside the "field of fire".
Update: Officer advises that "rounds are being fired." "Get inside! We've got a man with a gun on the third floor."
Update x2: "Suspect on the balcony. He dropped the gun off the balcony. We are giving him commands. We've got eyes on him and a rifle officer that is covering him right now." "Suspect is coming out the window"
Update x3: "Suspect is in custody, the apartment has been cleared." Police are going to re-open the streets once they verify that everyone is OK and accounted for.
Update x4: According to Google, this is the apartment building in question:
absolutely had to get it done before Christmas, so I hitched a ride to
the Rudy's on Pine. Cheers to them for being open!
Now I get to walk back to the CD, so I'll do a few CHS updates along
the way.
Cross-posting this from CDNews since people might recognize this guy from somewhere on the hill.
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred at Swedish hospital on Saturday. He is described as a hispanic male, 40s, who was wearing a sweater with horizontal red, blue, and green stripes. The security camera image attached here shows him in a motorized wheelchair, although police say that he may also be able to walk.
Police spokesman Officer Mark Jamieson says that the suspect entered a hospital room early on Saturday morning, sexually assaulted the female victim, and then left the scene. SPD was later notified and sexual assault detectives are now handling the investigation.
Officials believe that the image is a very good likeness of the suspect, and urge anyone with information to call 911 or the department's Sexual Assault Unit at 206-684-5575.
