Comments on: WSB Q/A with Mayor Murray: #3 – About that ‘alley vacation’

By: phil dirt

phil dirt — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:14:07 +0000

Stop selling to developers!! They are quickly destroying what’s left of what used to be a great place to live. I’m especially distressed over all of the new condos/apartments/apodments etc and the accompanying lack of parking. Traffic is becoming a real mess. I shudder to think of what’s next.

By: dcn

dcn — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:15:10 +0000

Maybe if Whole Foods planted palm trees in the alley, it’d be more vacation-like, and then everyone would be happy. It would give the “gateway to West Seattle” a “beachy-whimsy” feel.

By: WS Gal

WS Gal — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:17:20 +0000

Someone told me yesterday they use it all the time, and then when i asked how because it dead ends, they didn’t know how to respond…..they were perplexed! To be honest, I don’t think most know where this alley even is. Secondly, where was all this screaming when Admiral got its alley vacation, or the Equity project, or the Spruce!! How many people attended council hearings or wrote to council to stop those vacations?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:54:34 +0000

Diane; I don’t care that it is owned by the people of Seattle, being sold to a private developer. I would understand if this was an ally that was being used, but it is not. If we look back at most people commenting about this they don’t care if it is sold.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:28:35 +0000

Scott; it’s a public-right-of-way, owned by the people of Seattle, being sold to a private developer; that’s the point, not whether or not it is currently used

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:35:22 +0000

Let’s talk about what the Mayor said, “Public Right away”. What Public right away is there with regards to this ally that is not ever used on a piece of land that is not even used. I see no go in keeping this unused ally and therefore, I would suggest that they need to give it up and move on.

By: miws

miws — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:49:43 +0000

With all of the passionate, controversial, discussion about this, the alley is definitely going to need a vacation!

I suggest Alki….

Relaxing under the palm trees…

;-)

Mike

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:33:07 +0000

This is an obviously much loved and used alley (possibly by the unions?) so we should preserve it for the betterment of West Seattle. Parks Department? Can we get a little love here?

By: Old time resident of WS

Old time resident of WS — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:50:20 +0000

Know wonder nothing gets done in Seattle when we are alway quibbling about crap like this. Sell them the ally!!!!!!!!!

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:47:38 +0000

fear not Jan; this developer is not going anywhere

By: JanS

JanS — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:39:00 +0000

when people drive through that gateway right now, what do they see? Is it attractive and welcoming? Of course not, it’s an ugly corner. What I’m afraid of is, if this argument continues, the developer will change his mind, and that corner will sit there…ugly…until the process starts all over again with someone else. Is that what we really want? Is that “getting it right”?

By: Neighbor 2 Whittaker

Neighbor 2 Whittaker — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:49:45 +0000

Can’t wait for the Whittaker. Agree that the comment period has been long enough, when the anti-Whittaker union folks came to my door asking me to sign a petition against this project, I provided constructive feedback on what the developers could actually do to improve pedestrian safety in the area… the union petitioners asked if I would sign a petition against the Whole Foods and when I said no, I watched them cross out my comments and then they pretty much ran away from my house. The anti-Whittaker folks don’t care about the “gateway” to WS or they surely would have been horrified by the car dealerships and then years of blighted empty car lots. When petitioners came to my house, they were never, ever actually concerned about what residents and visitors to WS would see, they were 100% trying to rally me against Whole Foods. NONE of the anti-Whole Foods union crowd who came to my door (a few blocks from the site) even lived within a few blocks of the project… many didn’t even live in West Seattle. So how bout we just quit trying to block this project before we end up with a 9 story 600 unit monstrosity with no parking. Game over. Move on to more useful dialogue… like a campaign to fix pot holes or require residential parking permits in WS on residential streets.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:24:55 +0000

where are people coming up with this “3-4 years to DEBATE”?
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it has only been a year and a half, started fall of 2012
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1 ½ yrs to process a project that is possibly the biggest ever to be built in the history of WS, at the gateway to WS, and should last 50 – 75 yrs; this is what residents and visitors to WS will see as they enter our neighborhood for many many many years to come
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1 ½ yrs is very fast for a project of this size, and small price to pay to get it right

By: Ws gal

Ws gal — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:58:16 +0000

Amen David!
I enjoy seeing the videos posted on different topics, makes you realize all that is going on!! Thanks WSB!

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:56:48 +0000

thank you TR