Comments on: Alfaretta apts./ Seneca Towers condominiums

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:09:08 +0000

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.

By: David

David — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:06:09 +0000

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

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Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:56:41 +0000

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By: Butfirst

Butfirst — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:30:54 +0000

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.

By: avid reader

avid reader — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:43:48 +0000

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.

By: Mud Baby

Mud Baby — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:51:55 +0000

Reminds me of post-war destruction era Italy.

By: Skip

Skip — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:19:12 +0000

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.

By: Jackson Wallace

Jackson Wallace — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:25:17 +0000

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.

By: David Losh

David Losh — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:28:00 +0000

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.

By: Farkus

Farkus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:04:46 +0000

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