West Seattle development: Youngstown Flats continues to rise


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In North Delridge, the Youngstown Flats development at 26th and Dakota is almost at its full six-story height, as our newest aerial view from West Seattle pilot/photographer Long Bach Nguyen shows. Its 190-plus units are scheduled to open next spring; the design approval and permits originally were obtained under different ownership, and then the project idled – before groundbreaking – until Legacy Partners and Barrientos LLC stepped forward last year. There are two components to the development that you don’t often find – one is that they’re working to turn the SW Dakota “street end” to the north into a pocket park with access to Longfellow Creek; the developers’ latest update mentions that the North Delridge Neighborhood Council is planning to seek a Neighborhood Matching Fund grant to help fix it up, and NDNC is looking for volunteers to be on a project committee – here’s more on their site. The other is their ongoing “artist engagement program”; we reported on one acquired piece in April, and the developers have announced that they’ve chosen two more artists to create work for the lobby – Michael Harrison and encaustic artist Patti Bowman.

3 Replies to "West Seattle development: Youngstown Flats continues to rise"

  • Aye Jay June 26, 2012 (5:38 pm)

    The picture looks like it was taken looking west, so the “pocket park” would be the green space in the top of the picture?

  • WSB June 26, 2012 (5:45 pm)

    Yes. The top of the photo is west – the development is west of the kidney center/etc. building that fronts Delridge, and the right-of-way area that they hope to make a “pocket park” is in turn west of the development, and Longfellow Creek is in turn west of that. – TR

  • K M June 27, 2012 (8:25 am)

    The developer is doing a great job on this project and the construction crews are working hard!

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