09
Jun
Alfaretta apts./ Seneca Towers condominiums
First Hill

802 Seneca St.

alfaretta

In these days of Seattle condo market freefall, we don’t build new condos. We almost tear down old buildings that were perfectly livable and leave them undemolished while making web sites about the fancy condo towers that we might build. This near pile of rubble one year later is the site of the “Seneca Towers“

The developer Levin Menzies, living in California, seems to have lost interest in this project.

This is also what happens when you let developers run your city.

11 Comments

11 Responses to “Alfaretta apts./ Seneca Towers condominiums”

  1. JACKNASTY Says:
    June 12th, 2009 at 12:54 am

    Nice.

  2. Farkus Says:
    June 14th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Why go to Rome when you can see the ruins here.

  3. David Losh Says:
    June 20th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Let’s see what happens here on this site, because I agree we should have had some over sight of developers rather than the rubber stamping from the Department of Planning and Development.

  4. Jackson Wallace Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 am

    That’s where Nickels likes to go to smoke crack when he’s slumming. Plus he can take a fat Tom Douglas salmon dump oudoors in a corner without anyone seeing his fat, pale patoot.

  5. Skip Says:
    June 29th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Seattle is typically rash in tearing down buildings of character. It is a drag since historic buildings are the neighborhood. It is hard to get that if the walls could talk feeling in a new Tupperware style condo. Oh, and I saw someone pooh in there. Nice.

  6. Mud Baby Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Reminds me of post-war destruction era Italy.

  7. avid reader Says:
    July 31st, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    There were actually two buildings that were demolished for this now-stalled project. You are seeing the arched entrance of the brick building that was viable…it had something like 70 or 80 studio apartments in it and was mostly leased up. There was also a death trap of a wooden building that needed to come down. It too had tenants but you could rent rooms by the week and they had three fires in one month. The last one resulted in the building being shut down by the city. It was just waiting for someone to torch the rest of it.

    I think Menzies figured that if he was going to bring out the demolition crew then he might as well tear em both down at the same time. But, now he’s lost his income stream from the good brick building.

  8. Butfirst Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 1:30 am

    I checked it out on Google’s Streetview and it shows the building just prior to it’s demolition. It really was a rather handsome building. Damn shame.

  9. newyorkshitty.com » Blog Archive » New York Shitty Day Starter: Separated At Birth… Says:
    September 13th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    [...] regards to the latter Cheapshit writes: In these days of Seattle condo market freefall, we don’t build new condos. We almost tear [...]

  10. David Says:
    May 13th, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    Yes there were two buildings that were torn down – the Alfratta and the Jesonian…… It is sad about the Alfratta…. It was affordable apartment for working class residents for First Hill

    The Jesonian was a Flop House with a ton of Drug Activity – I do not miss that building

  11. Angela Says:
    October 12th, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Being born and raised in a colony state, I am always amazed by how little regard Seattle shows for its history. So quick are they to tear something down and build in its place some horrible modern glass display. Its all rather sad. And this building is just another on a very long list.

Leave a Reply


6 + = 10