Downtown building you'd most like to see replaced

[alexjonlin]

Lol um I've always found that block to be quite vibrant...

[cameronrex]

A pocket park on empty lot would great except that we are not allowed to have nice things in Seattle. Lol.

[Doomgoggles]

Originally Posted by cameronrex

A pocket park on empty lot would great except that we are not allowed to have nice things in Seattle. Lol.

It would be great to turn that whole block into a skyscraper, but it'd block the old Washington Mutual tower as seen from the water. BUT, it's an ideal place to add residential downtown. Make a skinny, a couple mid-rises, and keep the old brick, and you've got yourself a city block.

[cameronrex]

deal! Make it so.

[LCIII]

If we're tearing down an entire block for a skyscraper (dare I dream supertall?!?) I would want it to be that hideous white church at 6th and Seneca and the IBM tower. It would be such a great place in the skyline for a new tallest.

[cameronrex]

Originally Posted by LCIII

If we're tearing down an entire block for a skyscraper (dare I dream supertall?!?) I would want it to be that hideous white church at 6th and Seneca and the IBM tower. It would be such a great place in the skyline for a new tallest.

That would be a great block. And perhaps it could be built to have enough parking for the Fairmont so the current garage could be replaced.....

[Ruffhauser]

Originally Posted by cameronrex

A pocket park on empty lot would great except that we are not allowed to have nice things in Seattle. Lol.

It's not the idea of a pocket park that I find objectionable. That would be fine, but at least lets have something more that a bunch of plastic pre-school Little Tykes playground sets. And trim the weeds. And cut the grass. And pick up the litter.

[cameronrex]

Originally Posted by Ruffhauser

It's not the idea of a pocket park that I find objectionable. That would be fine, but at least lets have something more that a bunch of plastic pre-school Little Tykes playground sets. And trim the weeds. And cut the grass. And pick up the litter.

Completely agree. I was more referring to the fact that if we did get a pleasant, designed park it would become unusable by the general public about a day after the ribbon cutting. Might was well let a developer have it.

[Ruffhauser]

This one is no prize either. Parking garage at 2nd And Union.

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[alexjonlin]

What are utilization rates like in those 2nd Ave garages?