nice site you have!

If you Google Edith Macefield, you will read how the Superintendent of construction of the development prefabricated the walls around Edith’s house to accommodate building over her home after she died. Clearly, he was anticipating her death. Since he has publically acknowledged that Edith left him her home and he intends to tear down it down after her estate is settled, it makes one wonder whether the walls around her building were the only things the developers and their superintendent “prefabricated.” When her new “friend” the Superintendent of construction that checked-in on her and the developers finally get their hands on her house, do you think they will stop and ask themselves, “What would Edith do?” Wouldn’t a real “friend,” someone who really knew and cared about Edith, do what Edith would want them to do? The Superintendent for the developers would like to have us all believe it would be to destroy and demolition her home and build-over her memory. How insanely stupid does the Superintendent of construction for LA Fitness think we are?

Plus giving good paying jobs to plumbers, electricians, metal workers etc. etc.

Oh, but that's right, we hate giving working class people good jobs in Ballard.

Given the mess in that neighborhood, seems like the developers are doing the best they can to improve the area.

"What are we going to do with all of these hideous sun blocking, steel skeleton buildings when people are to poor to afford decent food"

You tell me, feed them buildings?

What are we going to do with all of these hideous sun blocking, steel skeleton buildings when people are to poor to afford decent food? Why are all the new buildings so intimidatingly impersonal too? Why can't new developments strive to be logically practical... I don't understand, but things should have been different

You'll notice none of the 'real' Ballard folk never complain about all the added taxes we 'fake' Ballard people bring in to educate their kids. You never hear them complain about selling their homes for $500k that they paid $100K for 20 years ago.

I guess being a hypocrite is also 'real'?

Merry Christmas to all the Old Time Haters!

"real" ballard died when The Backstage went away.

Hank, what is a 'real' Ballardite and why should I care what they think? I like Trader Joes and if the rates are good, I'll join the club.

This is the beauty of living in a free society! Some folks (the losers I suppose) will always blame others and like this fool and his paint, turn to crime.

Maybe Hank can only afford coal in his stocking this year and is angry people who can afford more?

What'd I miss!? Jeez... you leave a blog for an hour and all hell breaks loose!

"Real Ballard and Real Ballardites hate you"

Merry Christmas to you, too!

Keep in mind, new Ballard condo residents and new high end business owners: Real Ballard and Real Ballardites hate you. You are causing this town to turn to sh*t. Lefty, are you saying that you can think of no better use for a "bum camp" than a block of ugly new condos and chain businesses?

And as for Edith's home being in an industrial area? It BECAME an industrial area when the winds of greed blew in that direction. Now it's condos. Edith moved there when it was a neighborhood. Ballard has always been whatever greed has shaped it to be, but now it's just so much worse.

Long live urban blight! The bum camp was so much nicer.

Hey guys, it's starting to rain!

Did you start with this neighborly, bigoted comment?

'the attendant clientelle they attract are in no way beneficial to our community'

We deleted a couple comments that violated our comment rules. Please keep it civil...

Agreed, Candice - tired of the snow talk, but can't get out of the house to find anything else to talk about!

Mr. BlackSheep said it was raining like crazy when he went through Tacoma - maybe there's hope for us yet?

The spray-painting vandal is a worthless goofball. It’s been pointed out numerous times that Edith’s house is located in an industrial zoned area and not a quaint sunset hills neighborhood. Before the recent construction, the home was surrounded by a huge hole in the ground. The adjacent warehouses had caved in and most of the block was a total mess. The homeless people were living in their vehicles up and down that street. That’s not the part of old Ballard worth saving.

Milo - I was getting pretty tired of all the snow talk, too... although I have been snowed in for a week...

Mary - you should post up outside all these "trendy chain stores" and see who goes in... I bet a bunch of them are "Old Ballard". Do you ever go to Trader Joes?! Cuz if so, YOU'RE KILLING BALLARD!

Yup, more snow...and I think I'll walk over to downtown Ballard and do a little shopping.

Merry Christmas to you too Mary!

Glad to know the people being pushed out are such haters, one less thing to worry about when I got to Trader Joes to get some of their fabulous olive oil.

Though I don't support vandalism in any form, I do agree heartily with the message. Edith may have died a "natural" death, but the circumstances literally surrounding her at the time are appalling. More cheap, hideous mega-boxes, tacky, trendy chain businesses and the attendant clientelle they attract are in no way beneficial to our community, it's history, honor or character.

Again, RIP, Edith

Hey Milo, it's snowing again...

Whew. Finally there's something to talk about besides the weather and the shopping.

These people don't care about how Edith actually died. They have a cheap political axe to grind so 'truth' has nothing to do with it. Unlike the construction site manager, how many of these people actually did anything for her when she was alive?

Bark more- could not agree more. Edith passed away at a ripe old age after a long battlle with cancer...LA fitness, the structure etc had nothing to do with her death...defacng property in the name of "Ballard" only embarasses those of us that really treasure it's folks. neighborhoods and orign.

*yawn*

Great, drama queens with spray paint. Another Evergreen State College education gone to waste.

It is a splendid irony, though, how she gave the house to the new building's manager.....maybe she was sticking the 'Old Ballard' clowns in the eye, too?

For me, it's more about the little boxes of condos going up everywhere than it is about the fatness.