The Ballard QFC at 24th and 58th is nearly a pile a rubble. The QFC closed down last month after plans were finalized to build an eight-story apartment building on the site called “Ballard on the Park.” A new QFC will open in the new building late next year. The view from the parking lot …
“Hey, look at this,” says one guy to another. “I’ve never seen lutefisk before.” How nice, out-of-towners in Ballard.
If you haven’t seen it, the Times has a profile of the Ballard Beavers girls basketball team, which is ranked fifth in the state.
An editorial in Sunday’s Seattle Times pulls no punches with the fight over the Denny’s on 15th. “The (architectural) significance of the proposed landmark is minor,” the Times editors write. And what about the building’s history? “We remember Manning’s with some warmth, but not enough to create a public monument to it.” The Landmarks Preservation …
Well, it’s the end of an era. Sunset Bowl is closing in April now that it’s been sold to a luxury apartment development company in Virginia. 50 employees will be out of work. Feel free to tell us your memories of the Ballard icon below…
We have an update now on the story that Sunset Bowl has sold. After getting a tip from a comment on The Stranger’s blog, I did a tax records search and discovered Sunset Bowl sold for $13.1 million to Avalon Ballard LLC, of which has an address that tracks back to Avalon Bay Communities. (See …
We’ve heard the rumors, but now The Stranger says it has confirmed that Ballard’s Sunset Bowl is closing its doors after 51 years. As most Ballard residents know, Sunset Bowl is nothing less than a neighborhood institution and one of the last bowling alleys in the city. “We’ve been sold,” said General Manager Berl Lowry. …
– The Fremont Art walk is tonight, Friday, 6-9 p.m. Full program here. – Also in Fremont, High Dive is hosting a fundraiser show for Arts Corps, Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. Grayskul, Tullycraft, Grieves, Half Acre Day, Branden Daniel and Everyone Gets Laid will perform. – The Phinney Neighborhood Association is going hog wild …
We have an update on the Dibble fire earlier this week from Pat, who lives on the same street: “The tenants were five young people, SPU students mostly. They weren’t home when the fire started, so were not injured, but they’ve lost everything in the fire, including a dog, a rabbit, and a cat. The …
The Landmark Preservation Board voted 8-1 last night to move forward with the nomination of the Denny’s at 15th and Market as a historic Seattle landmark. “There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind (that) it’s a local visual landmark,” board member Stephen Lee said. “This is such a profound sculptural element in our community.” But …
Seen on Flickr today, taken somewhere in Ballard… Clearly the sentiment of many Ballard residents who don’t want the neighborhood turning into Belltown. Photo snapped by pdgibson. Earlier: New condo looks like ‘sprawling octopus’
The City of Seattle announced today that it’s adding 24 more red light cameras in Seattle (it already has 6), and Ballard and Fremont are on the list. The intersections are: 15th and Market, 15th and 80th, Stone Way and 40th, and Aurora at 85th. (Check out this Google map for all of the locations.) …