You spelled Hysterical wrong.

All your future Seattle is belong to 40-110 story downtown.

Oh, by the way, Capitol Hill is next, once we connect the Eastside light rail.

Anyone know how much funding Historic Seattle has manged to secure?

People are shitting in the streets but, cool? I guess?

Yaay! At least there's some good news. Thanks, Nathalie.

How many people could be housed in 44 stories? How about we include a new Showbox in the ground floor of the new building (make the interior an exact replica of the old, except it wont collapse on anyone in an earthquake). I agree the Showbox has some value as a venue, lots of history there, but i don't know that means that we have to preserve the outside of the building.

@1 It's been a while since you've sung the virtues of 100-story residential, actually made me a little nostalgic to read that. Who doesn't love Le Corbusier? If we're talking unfettered capitalism wherein the ultimate goal is to maximizing developer return, then incredibly, the sweetspot seems to be around 65 floors and has been for about 100 years.

But if the goal is housing for low, middle- and upper-middle class, the 99%, it really seems like low-rise 6–10 story construction is where it's at. At that height you could be every bit as dense as Brooklyn, or about 4.5x denser than Seattle currently.

Seattle will continue to infill, but 1,000' tall buildings will probably only ever house Fortune 500 companies and the top 1% earning households. There's a reason why even 20-story buildings with no amenities can still have monthly HOA dues in excess of $1,000.

http://buildingtheskyline.org/skyscraper-height-i/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228267863_Determining_Optimal_Building_Height

Maybe he doesn't have capitalist utopia in mind at all, though?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

Our Bumbling Mudede has written more than one paean to it and the form it exemplifies.

I think it's fitting to put it under the protection of the Pike Place Market. Although even the market has changed many times over since I was young it's still a reminder of days gone by. We can mark out a few blocks to preserve some history.

The historical designation is illegal and won't stand.
The city is essentially trying to seize private property which is illegal.
We are wasting limited resources fighting a lawsuit rightfully filed by the family that owns the property and will lose because the city has no legal right to steal their property.
The only resolution to actually save the Showbox would be to spend $40 million on a dilapidated 100 year old 2-story fire hazard building that will probably fall down during the next earthquake. Sounds like a great investment. Go right ahead.

Anyone who supports seizing private property for cultural value, is insane. It goes against everything this country stands for. How would you like it if someone walked into your house, said they thought it had cultural value and then stole it from you?

@6 pay attention to the income of people in Seattle - you'll see the poor are getting pushed out since 1985 and the rich are moving in. I predict this will continue. Especially with current tax policy.

@5 ftw

@10 I think we all agree on that. Is your point that only the highest price points are needed so that is what should be built?

The Showbox is NOT just an old building; it’s the most awesome club for its size in the state and one of THE BEST in the country! Ask all the great musicians who play there and the people who love music in this town. It’s a no-brainer that this club means so much to so many people that it needs to be saved. Someone should buy it from that horrible man and get rid of him!