FOLLOWUP: See what’s left of Alki Elementary as teardown continues

Thanks to Misa for the photos. If you want to take one last look at Alki Elementary School before it’s all gone, time is running out – demolition continued today, and this is what’s left.

While demolition is ongoing, permits for building its replacement aren’t finalized yet.

We expect to learn this week how Seattle Public Schools and the city Department of Construction and Inspections will proceed in dealing with the hearing examiner’s decision granting neighbors’ appeal of one requested zoning exception, the proposal to build the school without offstreet parking (without a zoning exception, 48 spaces would be required). Meantime, Alki Elementary classes will be temporarily moved starting this fall to the former Schmitz Park Elementary.

Alki resident August 21, 2023 (7:27 pm)

The new sign for interim Alki Elementary is up at Schmitz Park school.

WSB August 21, 2023 (7:49 pm)

Thank you. We’ll go look tomorrow.

jim August 21, 2023 (8:28 pm)

and just for practice….there will be NO staff parking at the Schmitz Park interim building

local August 21, 2023 (9:19 pm)

🤣🤣🤣

Lindy August 22, 2023 (7:38 am)

Does anyone know if the tile murals that hung at the school entrance were saved? My kids attended Alki in the 90s my husband helped hang the artwork.

WSB August 22, 2023 (5:22 pm)

Someone commented on a previous story that the art was being saved, but I don’t have details.
WSteacher August 22, 2023 (8:49 pm)

It was protected and taken to the district to be saved.

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