August 2019

Seven story hotel proposed for NW Market street in Ballard; Site of Ballard Blossom
Long time flower shop will move to new location

A seven story 120 room hotel is proposed for 1766 NW Market Street (the full design proposal a 50mb file is here). The Ballard Hotel will have parking for 32 vehicles on the site which is the long time home for Ballard Blossom.

The design packet from Clark Barnes proposes: Construction of a new 85' seven story hotel with six floors of vibrant, upscale guestrooms, an amenity filled ground floor and one floor of below grade parking. The main hotel entrance will be located on the southeast corner of the site on NW Market St. Access to the below grade parking levels will be from the alley to the North." Later in the early design guidance packet it states: 

DESIGN CONCEPT

Overall building proportions use material composition, patterning, and fine grain detailing to create handsome

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Seattle Parks and Recreation seeks names for two new parks in the Wedgwood and Genesee-Schmitz neighborhoods
October 18 deadline for submitting names

information from Seattle Parks

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the public to submit potential names for two new parks in the Wedgwood and Genesee-Schmitz neighborhoods. The deadline for submitting names to the Parks Naming Committee is Friday, October 18, 2019. 

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Tree knocks out power and others threaten; City responds by removing the tree but what about the damage?

A large Alder tree on the hillside just adjacent to 2159 Harbor Ave SW suddenly broke and fell around 8:39pm on Aug. 12 crashing down and smashing a classic 1997 Mercedes Benz SL500 AMG and stopping traffic. In the process it knocked out power for more than 3000 people in the area. It exploded a transformer on the pole and shards of it remained on the street on Tuesday.

The tree fall also literally melted the cable TV lines into the home, and the homeowners remain without power. No word on full restoration as yet.

But the tree is one of several that are at an extreme lean on the hillside. The owners of the home and car who asked not to be identified, said that three trees have fallen over the last five years. They have asked the city to top or trim the trees but were told there was a backlog and they would have to wait.

In the meantime, some of the trees are literally hanging over the home which the owners say has been in their family for generations.

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