‘Ballard West’ wins conditional design approval

Where are they supposed to park? I currently live on this block. There is NO parking. The city has had no foresight on parking in Ballard. We can’t all ride bikes like (clueless) McGinn.

AGREED!!! there is no parking as-is, and adding a 5 story apartment building will make our streets a nightmare. I hope they don’t get the funding to go through with this project….

The parking issue is going to be a nightmare. Even with underground parking, there is NO safe place for drivers to safely exit or enter. Fortunately, I can avoid 24th most of the time, so I’ll just have to step up my efforts.

At some point us residents of Ballard need to take to the streets in revolt. Enough is enough!

The Rape Of Ballard continues.

BOHICA.

Add parking? Hah, that’s laughable.

Look, you are not paying attention. Put down the bong and open your eyes.

The mayor’s goal is to make life as miserable as possible for anyone who dares to own a car. This is just part of the plan: shove in as much density as possible everywhere, remove parking at every opportunity, and reduce street capacity whenever possible.

You WILL get around by bus or bicycle, whether you want to or not. Those are your only options. Get used to it.

Why is anyone surprised? The mayor and his pals don’t hide the agenda.

I think they are supposed to park in the 88 underground parking stalls.

Boy am I glad I got my 3 bed, 2 bath house with garden in Ballard with garage and parking…enjoy your rabbit hutches.

Yeah, that’s ‘old Ballard’ for you. One truck for every redneck in the house!

Oh good, another vacant lot for the next 5 years. How bout building that monstrosity where Sunset Bowl used to be? I can’t believe Ballard is selling out to all these developers.

Does somebody know something we all don’t? Who’s going to live in these, with many of the others still well below full occupancy already? As people shack-up or stay single longer I guess there’s a need? Is it any wonder property rights are not what they used to be, what with people owning a box inside a building, what do they care about property rights when after all, they’ve got their place and no worries at all.

It’s quite simple…

If you institute minimum-parking requirements, you end up building Los Angeles.

If you institute maximum-parking requirements, you get long-term results closer to San Francisco, Vancouver, or Boston.

Which do you want, punks?

Crap. I’m in a power wheelchair and it’s dangerous enough trying to cross the road on 24th even WITH the lights…let’s add another 88 cars to the area!

88 stalls for parking underground.

88 stalls for parking.

88 stalls of underground parking.

I could re register with a bunch of different names to make it look like there’s a swelling mass of people opposed to this, but meh…

Revolt against what? Revolt that your ” Ye Olde Ballarde” neighbors sold out once the property values went up? Revolt that there’s too many options for food and entertainment? Revolt that there’s too many stores now? Revolt that your clock only goes in one direction?

I know!!! It’s like anyone who doesn’t own real property can vote now! Women too! Those were the good old days I tells ya! When a property owner could do as he pleased and damn what any of those little people said.
I’m going to tear down my house and build a ten story tall pig farm and slaughter house, but noooooo the damn guvmint says I can’t do that. No respect for my property rights.

Parking does suck in Boston and SF, but I get the point. A livable walkable city thrives more on density than it does on parking. The only catch is that Seattle’s transit isn’t quite up to the challenge yet.

But will the 88 stalls of underground parking hurt?

But it’s got 88 stalls of underground parking!

88 times. One for each of the 88 underground parking stalls.