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Friday, July 15, 2011

Architecture The Architecture of South Seattle

Posted by on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM

The architectural firm that designed the bold Douglass-Truth Library expansion, Schacht Aslani, also designed Fire Station 30, which is located at 2931 Mt. Baker Blvd. S., and was completed in April:

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The upgrading/renovation/replacement of 32 Seattle-area fire stations began in 2004, after the Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Levy was approved by voters. It's not all surprising that the most experimental work to come out of this project is located in South Seattle. This part of the city is, as I argue in my feature on Columbia City, a social and cultural laboratory.

 

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Fnarf 1
I actually like this quite a lot. I adore those 3-D letters.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on July 15, 2011 at 11:53 AM
STJA 2
Charles. See all the glass? It'll be dead bird heaven. You'll have tons to write about!
Posted by STJA on July 15, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Dougsf 3
I like this building. It's a lot like the Lego fire station set I had as a kid.

I'm just now realizing how Legos'—my childhood favorite and indisputably the best toy of all time—Euro roots left a permanent impression on my tastes. Either than or the fact that they're square blocks meant all my childhood creations looked a little like Eichlers. Either way.
Posted by Dougsf on July 15, 2011 at 12:19 PM
very bad homo 4
It looks kind of fragile.
Posted by very bad homo on July 15, 2011 at 12:23 PM
seandr 5
Still not as cool as the art deco fire station at 23rd and Yesler. That shit has lightening on it.
Posted by seandr on July 15, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Reutte 6
I've walked past this station a few times and it's gorgeous.
Posted by Reutte on July 15, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Free Lunch 7
This was built as a fire station? Looks more like they repurposed a bank. (A cool looking bank, but still.)
Posted by Free Lunch on July 15, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Cato the Younger Younger 8
I have to say that the City did a better job with the various fire stations than they did with the library's.
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on July 15, 2011 at 7:47 PM
MrBaker 9
This will make for a fine permanent homeless shelter in the future.
Posted by MrBaker http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ on July 15, 2011 at 8:05 PM

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