Fans lined up at the QFC on 24th Ave NW on Thursday afternoon to meet Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller. The 40-year-old soccer star, who was recently named to the MLS All-Star Team, showed up to a line of about 60 people waiting to meet him and get his autograph, MyBallard reader Glenn tells […]
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QFC to quiet noisy fans on roof
Neighbors of the new Ballard on the Park apartments have been complaining for the past several months about QFC’s noisy HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system on top of the building. “I live nearby and the sound permeates the walls of my apartment with my doors and windows closed. It sounds like an airplane is […]
Local designers create art for new Ballard QFC
With the shelves stocked inside the new QFC on 24th Ave NW, final touches are being put on the outside. We met up with Seattle artists Anna Sher of Boulevard Park and Rodman Gilder Miller of Fremont who, for the last year, have been designing and creating the art for the outside of the building. […]
Possible looting at Holman Road QFC
Although the Holman Road QFC was closed Christmas Eve, witnesses say the doors were open and people were taking groceries. According to SeattleCrime.com, the folks who called 911 had gone into the store, grabbed what they needed then headed to the empty checkout stands. It was then that they realized that not a single employee […]
The hole that was QFC
The QFC’s demolition is complete, and construction is now underway for the eight-story apartment building, “Ballard on the Park.” Adds Karen in comments: “If you stand in the small adjoining park and look west over the former-QFC excavation, you can see what a stunning park this would have made if they could have used both […]
Demolition crews tear down QFC
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 […]
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