Share You’ve heard of the woman who lived in this house, haven’t you? Here’s the lead to the story in the Seattle P-I: Edith Macefield died at home, just the way she wanted. The Ballard (Wash.) woman who captured hearts and admirers around the world when she stubbornly turned down $1 million to sell her [...]
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A better Barr Street, or a barren one?
Share (Jon) We at The Good City are all for downtown development, but I wonder if the improvements happening on Barr Street will have anything more than a cosmetic effect. Above is the artist’s rendition of what the area will look like. The Journal Gazette said this: Over the next three months, the city will [...]
Do you want this in your neighborhood?
Share (Jon) In response to my call for neighborly modern home architecture, Scott rises to the challenge. He points us to an article and photos in Dwell Magazine which discusses this house built in a distressed neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio. The builders of the home were warmly welcomed: Luckily for the couple, there weren’t any [...]
The battle of Water Song addition
Share If a developer told you he was going to build a gas station on the property behind your house, after you were told by the home builder that the property’s zoned for an office park, what would you do? Some residents of Water Song addition near the corner of Coldwater and Union Chapel roads [...]
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