Today (Wednesday) is the big day as Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board is scheduled to vote on the fate of the Ballard Denny’s. The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Room 4060 of Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave. The item is about 40 minutes in on the agenda (pdf). Keep a close eye on …
After airing the special on the Ballard Denny’s on Friday, KCTS posted an unofficial web poll asking folks if the Denny’s should be saved. As of this writing, 54% say tear it down for condos and 41% want to save it. The final results will be broadcast on this Friday’s KCTS Connects.
There will be a community meeting tonight (Monday) at 7 at the Abraxus Bookstore (old Ballard Library building, 5711 24th Ave.) for folks interested in saving the Denny’s from the wrecking ball. A poster promoting the meeting on the outside of the Denny’s building.
Tonight (Friday) at 7:30, KCTS is airing a documentary on the Ballard Denny’s. “On the next KCTS 9 Connects, see how this former omelet outlet has become an unlikely icon for the city. How it’s at the heart of a debate between saving history and building for the future,” reads KCTS.org. If you miss it, …
Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board, which will vote later this month on whether the Ballard Denny’s is protected, concluded that the Seattle Greyhound bus station is not a city landmark. Workers remodeled the 1927 station in the 1960s, and the board concluded that the remodel compromised the building’s architectural integrity. This is exactly what the owners …
Our post last week about the future of the Ballard Denny’s has triggered a terrific debate in comments. “Cool to see a dialog going on here about this subject on which the opinions are so diverse!” writes Joel. And the debate is still going. If you want to get caught up on the issues on …
My Ballard reader Ronan sent us this note: “My girlfriend and I had an interesting encounter last Saturday afternoon that I thought I’d share. Two guys standing on Market Street (about across the street from Epilogue Books) asked us if we’d be interested in signing a petition saying the old Denny’s building is *not* an …
Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board toured the boarded-up Denny’s yesterday, and today the property owners invited members of the media to tour the building. Benaroya Companies’ Marc Nemirow and architect Arthur Chang took us inside the restaurant to point out the differences between the Denny’s and the old Manning’s Cafeteria: for one, the old Manning’s had …
The group “Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Western Washington” is holding a community meeting tonight (Wednesday) at the Ballard Library to discuss efforts to save the Denny’s on 15th and Market. Keep in mind this is not the official city meeting to decide whether to designate the Denny’s as a city landmark. …
The Landmark Preservation Board hearing to decide the fate of the Denny’s has been postponed from Feb. 6th to Feb. 20th. The owners asked for more time to prepare. If you’re planning to attend, the meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Room 4060 of Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave. Update: Also, there’s …
Wow, here’s a surprising development. The franchise company that once operated the now-boarded up Denny’s at 15th and Market called the Ballard News-Tribune and said it wants to reopen the restaurant in the exact same location. “We would reopen tomorrow if possible,” said Gene Erdman, director of human resources for DWO, a California-based company. “I …
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 …