A 4-story congregate residence with 52 sleeping rooms will soon be built on the corner of 15th Ave NW and NW 59th St.
That corner is the home to the former Smitty’s Barber Shop and Tease Salon (now at 1417 NW 54th St) and an attached empty house. It’s also within the boundaries of the Ballard HUB Urban Village, which is zoned to allow what the city refers to as small efficiency dwelling units.
Here’s a look at the architect’s design of the new structure, which will have retail at ground-level on the 15th/59th corner of the building, with no parking proposed:
The architect is for the project is Neiman Taber — for the full PDF of the design proposal, click here.