MONDAY:
- The proposed low-income housing building
Today's Design Review Board meeting gets an eyeful of the proposed low-income Compass Center project, which would be a seven story structure with 80 studio apartments at 1753 NW 56th Street. The site is currently vacant after the old structure was torn down in Spring 2009 under a nuisance order. The proposal for the site can be seen here: (.pdf). (Meeting at Ballard High School, 1418 NW 65th Street, 8:00 p.m.)
The third of four community meetings for the Mayor's "Walk Bike Ride" initiative happens in West Seattle. (Delridge Community Center, 4501 Delridge Way SW, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)
Peter Gleick, MacArthur Foundation “genius” and author of "Bottled and Sold" will lecture on Water as a Commodity, spotlighting water's transition from the humble tap to a fancy bottled commodity. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., $5.)
TUESDAY:
If you aren't all SIFFed out, the downtown Central Library hosts a documentary called "Koolhaas Houselife," which explores the famed architect's creation of a house in Bordeaux, France designed specifically for a man with a wheelchair. (SPL Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., free.)
