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Have you heard the one about when Fox News tried to cancel Capitol Hill Comedy/Bar?
A 1901-era, three-story apartment building at 1411 Boylston Ave nominated for protectionsĀ in January will move ahead with a meeting on designating the property as an official landmark Wednesday afternoon.
Possible protections for the so-called Belmont-Boylston ādouble houseā are coming as Historic Seattle prepares to sell the property it renovated after purchasing a swath in the area in 1989. Continue reading
Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:
Ristorante Machiavelli will close after one last night of service on Capitol Hill
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On Capitol Hill, history repeats.
At Broadway and Pine, passersby are learning one of the cold, hard facts of the neighborhood’s historical conservation incentives: Not much is preserved when Pike/Pine preservation projects dig in.
The start of construction on the Broadway Center for Youth affordable housing and job training center has included a brutal round of demolition that is tearing down every last shred of the Booth Building that has stood at the corner since 1906.
The center’s development has been described as an adaptive reuse project and the development is utilizing the Pike/Pine Conservation District’s incentive program to build an extra story of housing in the eight-story project.
So, what happened to the preservation?
Developer Community Roots Housing says to wait for it — the development is set to echo past neighborhood preservation projects by rebuilding the historic structure. Continue reading
(Image: Comet Tavern)
The White Motor building was built in 1918
Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:
Amid massive bankruptcy, office space giant WeWork closing on Capitol Hill
Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:
Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:
A Capitol Hill closing pizza party as Blotto says goodbye to 12th Ave
The building as it looks today
If 21st Ave’s old Phillis Wheatley YWCA is going to become a protected landmark in recognition of its place in the history of Black Seattle, someone else is going to need to speak up for the property set for demolition to make way for a new housing development.
The City of Seattle quietly withdrew its request to nominate the 108-year-old house for landmarks protections earlier this month ending a rare City Hall-backed foray to win protections for a property.
Edward Lee, director of communications for the Department of Neighborhoods, told CHS only that the application had been “formally withdrawn” and did not provide reasons for the reversal. The property most recently used as transitional housing but lined up to be demolished and redeveloped as a new 49-unit apartment building was scheduled for a hearing on the possible protections earlier this month.
The city had said the 21st Ave property just off E Madison was worthy of landmarks status as āa pivotal location in Seattleās African American heritage.ā It is unusual for the city to pursue landmarks nominations, a process it typically leaves to community groups, developers, or property owners. Continue reading
