Comments on: Capitol Hill Station Demolition http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:50:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Capitol Hill Recycling - Seattle Transit Blog http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-47469 Capitol Hill Recycling - Seattle Transit Blog Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:28 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-47469 [...] demolition of the buildings on Broadway and John (and Broadway and Denny) is now complete. Sound Transit made [...]
[...] demolition of the buildings on Broadway and John (and Broadway and Denny) is now complete. Sound Transit made [...]

]]> By: Matt http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-35303 Matt Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:53:43 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-35303 Wow! I am excited to see some new progress on the station, I just can't believe how long they are going to be working on it.
Wow! I am excited to see some new progress on the station, I just can’t believe how long they are going to be working on it.

]]> By: Chris Stefan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-34375 Chris Stefan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:24:17 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-34375 The height limit is City of Seattle zoning. According to the ST TOD doc the station box will support 5 over 1 construction and larger structures could be built as long as they bridge the station box. In any case I believe that is only a concern for sites A and C. Site B appears to be largely clear of the station box.
The height limit is City of Seattle zoning. According to the ST TOD doc the station box will support 5 over 1 construction and larger structures could be built as long as they bridge the station box. In any case I believe that is only a concern for sites A and C. Site B appears to be largely clear of the station box.

]]> By: Ben Schiendelman http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-34246 Ben Schiendelman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:23:26 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-34246 I think part of that site is over the station underground, which would explain the height limit.
I think part of that site is over the station underground, which would explain the height limit.

]]> By: Chris Stefan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-34111 Chris Stefan Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:04:10 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-34111 Kind of sad to see the old brick buildings and wood houses go on those blocks. On the other hand there are some I won't miss like the Jack in The Box. Hopefully the developers selected for TOD will do something nice like Brix rather than building as cheap/ugly as they can get away with. Sound Transit's <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/x10501.xml" rel="nofollow">Capitol Hill TOD Plans</a>. The City really needs to consider a huge zoning variance for these 4 parcels. Particularly for the parcel identified as "site B" in the ST documents. 40' is way too restrictive for development essentially on top of the regions major transit spine. I'd say site B needs to be at least 65'. I'd really like to see the city consider allowing 105' (same as the MIO for site D) for these 4 parcels, especially if the developers include affordable housing. The city should remove any parking minimums that apply to these parcels and consider imposing a parking maximum. Cutting down on the parking will help make any housing built more affordable.
Kind of sad to see the old brick buildings and wood houses go on those blocks. On the other hand there are some I won’t miss like the Jack in The Box.

Hopefully the developers selected for TOD will do something nice like Brix rather than building as cheap/ugly as they can get away with.

Sound Transit’s Capitol Hill TOD Plans.

The City really needs to consider a huge zoning variance for these 4 parcels. Particularly for the parcel identified as “site B” in the ST documents. 40′ is way too restrictive for development essentially on top of the regions major transit spine. I’d say site B needs to be at least 65′. I’d really like to see the city consider allowing 105′ (same as the MIO for site D) for these 4 parcels, especially if the developers include affordable housing. The city should remove any parking minimums that apply to these parcels and consider imposing a parking maximum. Cutting down on the parking will help make any housing built more affordable.

]]> By: Andrew Cencini http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-34034 Andrew Cencini Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:53:48 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-34034 my (now) wife used to live in the blue house on denny that was torn down - it was where she lived when we first met. our first date was at the kincora pub which was also torn down recently. we used to like to go to the teapot vegetarian restaurant on 15th (original location, not the new one) - that's now a condo development with a dry cleaners and what looks to be perpetually empty ground-floor retail. unlike what became of the kincora and original teapot (and a few other places we used to go, etc.), at least the blue house is becoming a light rail station.
my (now) wife used to live in the blue house on denny that was torn down – it was where she lived when we first met. our first date was at the kincora pub which was also torn down recently. we used to like to go to the teapot vegetarian restaurant on 15th (original location, not the new one) – that’s now a condo development with a dry cleaners and what looks to be perpetually empty ground-floor retail. unlike what became of the kincora and original teapot (and a few other places we used to go, etc.), at least the blue house is becoming a light rail station.

]]> By: Ben Schiendelman http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-33932 Ben Schiendelman Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:43:59 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-33932 It's not really they 'they' don't have time, they put those houses on the market for salvage, but nobody was particularly interested.
It’s not really they ‘they’ don’t have time, they put those houses on the market for salvage, but nobody was particularly interested.

]]> By: SeattleHound » Capitol Hill Light Rail http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-33927 SeattleHound » Capitol Hill Light Rail Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:13:57 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-33927 [...] Hat tip to Seattle Transit Blog. [...]
[...] Hat tip to Seattle Transit Blog. [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-33906 Andrew Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:43:53 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-33906 I agree it's sad. The brick buildings on the south side of Olive St. (the one that housed Vivace) are beautiful as well. But what you do? every block around there has some historic buildings. The Block with Dicks might have been a better go, fewer historic buildings, but would have other problems with the alignment.
I agree it’s sad. The brick buildings on the south side of Olive St. (the one that housed Vivace) are beautiful as well. But what you do? every block around there has some historic buildings. The Block with Dicks might have been a better go, fewer historic buildings, but would have other problems with the alignment.

]]> By: Ari http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-33890 Ari Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:39:37 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-33890 Hey Andrew - thanks for linking to my blog. It is too bad that more of the buildings aren't being saved. I suppose they don't have time to dismantle piece by piece, but other than pulling some metal out and potentially recycling some concrete, the workers there told me the whole thing was going to the dump. The house was built in 1904 and I suppose there is a lot of toxic stuff in there, but at the same time, it's sad to see all that pristine wood going in the garbage! I hope this light rail gets up and running soon to make it all worth while.
Hey Andrew – thanks for linking to my blog. It is too bad that more of the buildings aren’t being saved. I suppose they don’t have time to dismantle piece by piece, but other than pulling some metal out and potentially recycling some concrete, the workers there told me the whole thing was going to the dump. The house was built in 1904 and I suppose there is a lot of toxic stuff in there, but at the same time, it’s sad to see all that pristine wood going in the garbage! I hope this light rail gets up and running soon to make it all worth while.

]]> By: Mike B http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/03/10/capitol-hill-station-demolition/#comment-33884 Mike B Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:17:46 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=3426#comment-33884 Its finally on the way!
Its finally on the way!

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