We noticed today that the “Sunset” sign has been pried off the building.
Only scars remain. We didn’t see the sign in the Sunset Bowl auction lineup last week, so we wonder who’s keeping it?
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Sign removed from Sunset Bowl
April 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Ballard
4 responses so far ↓
1 Ben // Apr 28, 2008 at 12:14 am
Hopefully it can be revived as art or on another business.
2 biff // Apr 28, 2008 at 10:00 am
Blame the Denny’s travails. The big fight that ensued cost us an operating Sunset until ready for construction. Too much risk a wannabe architectural group would call this historic, so they’ll alter and demo this asap.
We need to brace ourselves -this thing will be demolished before summer.
3 Harry // Apr 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm
http://web1.seattle.gov/DPD/permitstatus/Project.aspx?id=6178409
Project # 6178409
Demolish 25,000 sq ft bowling alley and construct a 6-story mixed use building including about 230 apartmetns, 15,000 to 25,000 sq ft of retail and parking for 280 cars.
4 Duncan // Apr 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Biff: you’re wrong. It was the mechanics of allowing a third party to operate the bowling alley that ultimately tripped up the idea.
There is not one person in all of Seattle that thinks the Sunset Bowl building is architecturally significant. It’s a big square warehouse, for crying out loud.
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