(Image: Karen Moskowitz)
Our sister site the Central District News has an update on the ambitious overhaul of the Baker Building at 18th and Union.
In August our community got a history lesson when the new owners of the Baker Building at 18th and East Union, Michael Cozzi and Karen Moskowitz, moved forward with an ambitious renovation. Traffic literally stopped when 1960’s era painted advertisements and a poster for Sam Smith’s run for Seattle City Council were revealed as layers of siding were peeled away in late July.
Today the most obvious parts of the exterior renovation are complete. The dated store fronts were replaced with more period-appropriate windows, and the northern, brick portion of the building, which houses Gallery 1412, Tougo Coffee, and an expanded New City Theater, has a fresh coat of paint and some new foundation work.
When the story about the purchase of their building and their transformation of it was covered on CDN two months ago, it was met with mixed reactions. While most of the community responses were positive, some residents voiced concerns about the business owners who had been displaced. When we met last week on the construction site to walk through and survey their progress, Moskowitz was eager to clear up misunderstandings. more…
