Do you love old buildings? Of course you do. So does everyone else--which is why demolition of Harborview Hall has been put off yet again. more ›

We're keeping an eye on the doomed McGuire building. Get your updates here. more ›

• What would an electric I-5 entail, exactly? Seattle Transit Blog likes that train of thought.
• HorsesAss talks urban density, and CHS has a demolition video (who doesn't love demolition videos?) of a house on 10th.
• West Seattle Blog has photos of stolen goods, and the cops want to know if you recognize any of it; it's not your typical stereo equipment or laptop, either.

• Dan at bigasscity (the blog has returned, thankfully, to its original title) has found Seattle's most embarrassing condo project. "Escala is the love child of pathological excess," he says.
• Seattle MetBlogs sent a representative to see Mount Eerie at the Fremont Abbey last weekend, and Josh's thoughtful report is in: "Description and structural unpredictability aside, the really certain thing is that however it turns out, it will be its own kind of beautiful."
• Beacon Hill Blog turned us on to a new blog, BeHi Bonsai; we now have an excellent resource for pictures of weird shrubbery in that neighborhood. So far, this is our favorite.

• Did somebody say bacon? Yes, someone--Beacon Hill Blog, to be exact--actually said the magic words: half a ton of bacon-y goodness.
• Capitol Hill Seattle has a handy list of tips and facts called "everything you need to know about snow on the Hill."
• While CHS gave us a thoughtful list, Hillku gives us a panicked haiku entitled "Cap Hill Snow Death Watch 2008!!!"

The news about this morning's fire just got grimmer: the P-I reports an elderly man, the last tenant of the apartment building scheduled for destruction, has died before he could even make it to the hospital. The man, in his 80s, was supposed to move out today or face eviction. KING 5 has video of the fire, and a quote from Dennis Saxman, development gadfly, about the victim: "He was having a hard time letting go." more ›

The is-it-or-isn't-it debate over the historical and aesthetic importance of the old Ballard Denny's was ended today with a backhoe. With none of the pomp and circumstance of the discussion surrounding the building's meaning and importance to Ballard, a backhoe began clawing into the building this morning. more ›

So goodbye old Broadway QFC! Goodbye, old Broadway Taco Bell! Goodbye, old house! Maybe now we'll see some action on the plans for the block, as reported by the Stranger back in June 2006:

This site will soon [Ed: Hah!] become a 6-story mixed-use building. On the ground floor there will be 25,000 foot of retail. "I'm looking for boutiques--like apparel," says the developer Bob Burkheimer. "Independent shops, maybe a restaurant. The idea is to get more street-level retail on Broadway, liven it up."

Georgetown scooters 2 by El Gregein more ›