Stoup Brewing has made its first Capitol Hill beer.. The decade-old Seattle microbrewery that expanded onto the Hill last year with its acquisition of the neighborhood’s Optimism Brewing held a party Thursday marking the release of its new Capitol Hill Magic Hazy IPA.
“We went through a whole lot of it last night which we must say felt pretty damn good,” Stoup posted about the fun. Continue reading
(Image: Knit Studios)
The Bait Shop block isn’t the only stretch of Broadway being readied for redevelopment to add new housing to the core of Capitol Hill. Demolition permit filings this month show the project to create a new seven-story affordable apartment building in the 200 block of Broadway E is rounding into shape after years of planning.
CHS reported here in November 2022 on the Seattle Landmarks Board rejection of Broadway’s Wilshire Building for historical protections, clearing the way for the now more than 120-year-old structure to be demolished to make way for a new seven-story, mixed-use building with 95 apartments, five ground floor live/work units, and new street-level retail space.
The project has been developed by Cannon Commercial, TAP Collaborative, and $3 million in affordable housing funding from the 2021 round of Office of Housing grants. A company registered to Joe Cannon and TAP’s Rebecca Ralston purchased the property for $6.25 million in 2018, according to King County records. Continue reading
The planned massing of the preferred “u-shaped” design
The East Design Review Board got its first big decision of 2024 squared away Wednesday night as it signed off on the early design elements of a proposed six-story development planned to rise on the 600 block of Broadway E.
Wednesday, the board recommended the project move forward with its Master Use Permit application where the group’s attention will turn to elements including “scale mitigation, street edge composition and high-quality exterior materials.”
Studio Meng Strazzara is leading design on the Cascade Ridge Partners development and presented a set of three concepts for the general massing of the development including a preferred design that “continues the character of the Broadway E. corridor massing vernacular” with a U-shape concept. Continue reading
The Seattle 1st Ave streetcar plan now known as the Cultural Connector might be permanently stalled
With a new $410 million price tag for a long-planned connection to the line, it looks like the First Hill Streetcar will remain a stub.
When service first began in February 2016 on the 10-station route connecting Capitol Hill’s Broadway through the International District to Pioneer Square after a multi-year, $133 million construction project to complete the line, there were hopes of extensions of the trolley and bikeway up Broadway and, eventually, across downtown to connect with the South Lake Union line.
The Aloha extension plan was axed long ago. Now the 1st Ave connection seems to be doomed. Continue reading
A rendering of the new reception area (Image: Crosscut)
Cascade Public Media’s new home (Image: Childhaven)
The workers of Seattle public television KCTS and Crosscut are moving onto Broadway.
Cascade Public Media says it is in the process of opening its new First Hill headquarters at 316 Broadway. It acquired the building from Childhaven, a provider of therapeutic services for children who have experience trauma and neglect, for $23 million in 2022, according to King County Records.
The media nonprofit says employees of the public television station and Crosscut are now working in the newly reopened Broadway facility and that the organization is preparing the building’s “several large gathering spaces” to host KCTS and Crosscut events with the “potential to enable new types of community engagement” for the organization.
“The thing this building offers is a chance for us to reimagine the ways in which we interact with the community,” president and CEO Rob Dunlop said in the Crosscut story announcing the opening.
The future could also involve the use of the building for community events and gatherings, Cascade said. Meanwhile, there are other changes afoot including a plan for a massive sign marking the headquarters place in the city’s changing media landscape. That sign will likely help introduce a new brand — Cascade says it is in the midst of an effort to rename itself after decades in the city. Continue reading
Wednesday will bring the first public design review of a proposed new project to build a new six-story mixed-use development on the Broadway block home to Bait Shop.
In this first “early design guidance” round of review, the East Design Board will focus on the general concept and massing of the proposal while important details around materials and the final look and feel of the project will be hammered out in the second “recommendation” phase of the review. Continue reading
Developers behind a project to create a new mixed-use development on the Bait Shop block of Broadway will present their plans for the new new six-story building at a city-required design review session next week.
Cascade Ridge Partners is moving forward with plans to develop the six-story, 121-unit, apartment building with street level commercial space and 3 live-work units plus underground parking for 127 vehicles in the 600 block of Broadway E.
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CHS reported on the early planning for the project in November. A representative for Mark Craig and Cascade Ridge Partners said the developer was planning for Broadway North, a proposed mixed-use building with around more than 120 apartment units, underground parking, “123 bike stalls and conveniences,” a rooftop deck, and “other residential amenities.” Street-level will include 10,000 square feet of street-level space for retail, services, and food and drink establishments. Continue reading
Seattle organizers representing groups including the Palestinian Youth Movement, Falastiniyat, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation say they will gather on Capitol Hill Friday despite frigid temperatures for an emergency rally protesting the US-led military strikes on Yemen.
The rally is set to start Friday night at Seattle Central’s plaza near Broadway and Pine. Continue reading
Vito Santoro (right) created a neighborhood meeting place where lawyers, off-duty cops, and a high-profile politician or two could mingle, and who-knows-what would happen in the back room. (Image: Vito’s)
Heimstadt inside the coming soon new West Seattle Unicorn (Image: Unicorn)
(Image: Boca Restobar and Grill)
One of the more colorful characters in Broadway food and drink is gone. Marco Casas Beaux, a creator of dining experiences across Seattle for decades, has died, his family of Capitol Hill businesses announced.
Monday, Broadway’s Boca Restobar and Grill and down-the-street Boca Pizzeria and Bakery remained closed to mark his passing. His Boca steakhouse in the old Queen City Grill was also shuttered in his honor after weekend service in his memory. They will reopen for business Tuesday.
“We will never know anyone like him. He was bigger than life and put everything into his work,” the announcement reads. “We ask that you remember his tenacity and the stories he told of a life well lived.” Continue reading
