Cookie-cutter townhouses are a common site, and the architecture has been the topic of several discussions on My Ballard. After residents in many neighborhoods complained about the buildings, the mayor proposed a new plan which would require a review of townhome designs before construction begins.
Tonight (Wednesday) Cora Northwest, a grassroots group of Seattle Architects, will be showing how the mayor’s plan just might work. According to their website, “It promises the flexibility to provide diverse, thoughtful design solutions while making it more difficult to produce the kind of indifferent housing that has become the norm under the current code.” The discussion at the Ballard District Council meeting will focus on what’s wrong with the current code, a summary of the new code, and examples of new multi-family homes. It gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Ballard Library.
Will new townhouses really look better?
