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‘Don’t let the coolness of a neighborhood kill itself’

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Mike Powe’s message is probably coming a bit too late for the taste of many Capitol Hill residents.

“Don’t let the coolness of a neighborhood kill itself,” Powe said, speaking November 7th inside Pike/Pine’s Odd Fellows building to a gathering of about 30 members of the Cascadia Chapter of the Congress for New Urbanism, a group that among other things, advocates for denser, more walkable communities.

Powe is a research manager for the Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Seattle based arm of the nationwide group. He delivered a keynote speech based on his group’s report about the value of older, smaller buildings in supporting a dynamic neighborhood. Continue reading →

Capitol Hill infill fills in with seven stories on Boylston, four off Broadway

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The “site analysis” for the 1404 Boylston project is AWESOME and worth clicking to see a larger version (Image: S+H Works)

It will be a real-world lesson in neighborhood infill development — and the work of E Pike-based architect Hugh Schaeffer — as the East Design Review Board gathers Wednesday night to assess two proposed development projects that will create another 140 or so apartments on Capitol Hill in exchange for one two 1900s-built single family homes and a 1905-built, 8-unit apartment house.

(Image: S+H Works)

Coming soon to Boylston just off E Pike — seven stories (Image: S+H Works)

1404 Boylston
On Boylston just off E Pike, the Emerald City Manor building has provided a place to live on Capitol Hill since 1905. Today’s Hill calls for a bigger solution.

Planned as a seven-story affordable apartment building with 105 units that will replace the old manor, the developers of the Boylston Flats project promise some lofty goals –including helping to connect Capitol Hill to First Hill: Continue reading →