Tales of 2 ‘holes’: West Seattle and Green Lake

August 21, 2011 at 5:04 pm | In Development, West Seattle news | 8 Comments

OUR ‘HOLE’: Following up on our recent report that the order of foreclosure sale has been issued for “The Hole,” the stalled 39th/Alaska development site known formally as “Fauntleroy Place,” the sale date has been set: 10 am October 7th, at the King County Courthouse downtown.

GREEN LAKE’S ‘HOLE’: The former Vitamilk property has been in similar straits for a few years. It’s easy – as it has been for “ours” – to make whimsical suggestions of what to do about a “hole,” but it’s not so easy to make an intricately crafted fake, city-style “Land Use” sign like this one that’s getting national attention this weekend:

Our fellow neighborhood-news publisher Amy Duncan published that photo from reader John Creed on her site MyGreenLake.com – where you can appreciate the photo in a larger size – and it’s been picked up by several national sites this weekend. (Thanks, Amy, for letting us share the photo too.) Green Lake’s “hole” is now scheduled for a new project, as MGL explains in their first story about the sign; as for ours, depends on what happens with the aforementioned sale.

8 Comments

  1. Absolutely hilarious. (And really, a ball pit isn’t such a terrible idea — though I’d be scared of “drowning” in one that big.)

    Comment by A — 5:27 pm August 21, 2011 #

  2. If you look at the plan, you’ll see they’ve planned for safety by including a lifeguard and a rescue claw. This is no two-bit ball pit.

    Comment by Ian — 7:07 pm August 21, 2011 #

  3. We were especially captivated by the rescue claw. I suppose it could pick up wayward stuffed animals, too …

    Comment by WSB — 7:19 pm August 21, 2011 #

  4. Nicely done!

    Comment by Valerie — 7:53 pm August 21, 2011 #

  5. Unless the “Ball Pit” has a viaduct off-ramp I want no part of it and will fight it until I am black & blue! BRILLIANT!

    Comment by Aman — 9:41 pm August 21, 2011 #

  6. Brilliant! And yes, the rescue claw is a lovely touch :)

    Comment by enviromaven — 9:57 pm August 21, 2011 #

  7. Parking for only 65 unicycles? Wherever shall the rest of the jugglers park?
    .
    Notice that great care was taken to have the lower end of the slide face away from the trampoline. Clearly, the designers have dealt with some of us circus-folk in the past! = )

    Comment by happy — 10:31 pm August 21, 2011 #

  8. LOVE!

    Comment by Cheryl — 1:56 pm August 22, 2011 #

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