This design too big.
Why not a few smaller stations scattered around North End, which is a very big area big.
Why not smaller neighborhood stations? Easier to get to all areas.

For sure.

"The decision represents a reversal for all four officials—political allies who'd pushed ahead with the project one month ago—and a testament to the power of the city's Black Lives Matter movement."

August 9

"This is a narrative about brick and mortar and this is a narrative about public safety," Juarez said during a council meeting yesterday. "I will not allow another narrative to conflate here. I will not allow a politicization of anything more than that we're replacing a police station."

"I don't know about the rest of the world," Juarez continued, "but I am not afraid of a building. I am not afraid of the people in the building."

Juarez's council colleague Mike O'Brien disagreed, defending the activists who've been fighting the project (some of whom have also fought the new King County Juvenile Detention Center). That kicked off an interesting council member vs. council member debate over race and fear of the police.

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/08/…

September 15

“The current proposal is too expensive and was not designed with meaningful input from communities of color,” Councilmember Debora Juarez said in a news release. “

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news…

It was a little too expensive, but yeah...the SPD could use a new station up North. Maybe ditch the bombproofing and some of the bells and whistles, and maybe actually hire some cops and put them out there catching the thieves running wild up there.

#3 they have plenty of cops to catch thieves. they are just being assigned to sting operations against men going to massage parlors.

@3, yeah, I think reasonable people would probably agree that they need a new larger precinct building. But it wasn't just a little too expensive, it was crazy too expensive. They should be able to build a facility with the space they need for a third of that price.

The very idea of building a Bagdad-style fortified compound in hippy liberal Seattle while SPD is dragging its feet fighting the Justice Department consent decree was incredibly tone deaf.

Maybe this will teach Juarez something. The Mayor is probably not teachable; he just reacts in the moment.

Murray needs a weather vane to see which way the wind blows. Time to get rid of this clown. O'Brien (or Sawant) in 2017.

Split it into smaller bike cop substations and lose the military compound appearance.

And, yes, this is MY precinct and I pay a lot of property taxes

@7: Fuck off with your McGinn people, OK? Sawant (not a McGinn person anyway) is too smart to run for mayor, and O'Brien is too stupid to be elected.

@8
Yes

Ed Murray. Still spineless.

@5 Your 2nd paragraph sums up SPD's relationship with Seattle.

Hello Halliburton and drone city. The future of military contractors is arming our police force.

This is great news and it's been informative following this issue! But seriously, Ansel, what is your issue with stickers? #blockthebunker #stickers

HUGH MUNGUS WOT

Could somebody Facebook-stalk SPD and find some Sovereign Citizen material to feed Ansel?

They have been in design phase of this project for 18 years. The city is growing and we will need more police, and a larger police station. It is stupid that they designed a building for nearly twice the original cost. At the same time, a lot of the added cost came from the advice from City council on the design. A third of the city is served by the North precinct. Another great example of the city wasting time and money instead of getting the job done. You can't build 160 million dollars on low income housing and solve crime in a growing city. Get it done already.

This could become even more expensive by spreading it around.

Bomb-proofing? How many bombs have been found in Seattle police stations in the last fifty years?