Thanks to reader Scott for this picture showing a smoky Broadway
Thanks to CHS reader John for the picture
Capitol Hill’s Harvard Market was evacuated Sunday after a rubbish fire in the Broadway at Pike shopping center’s parking garage.
Seattle Fire was called to the garage around 10:30 AM Sunday and found the fire being knocked down by the building’s fire suppression sprinklers. SFD said it used its hoses to finish the job.
Multiple businesses around the fire including the corner’s QFC were evacuated during the response and as SFD worked to clear smoke from the structure. There were no reported injuries.
Seattle Fire was investigating the cause.
The large response filled Broadway with emergency vehicles.
The shopping center is currently on the market, listed by its local ownership for $25 million amid an effort by city officials and business and community groups to address public safety issues centered on its block, CHS reported in September.
HELP KEEP CHS PAYWALL-FREE THIS SPRING
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Tear this whole block down, build a new space with room for a high quality grocery store (e.g. Met Market), 1000 parking spaces, and 750 housing units.
This shit is unacceptable.
I totally agree . Besides a lot of the shopping center has lost tenants probably do to the riff raff .
This is Seattle. There will be 10 parking spaces with a year of arguments on how they are too expensive for the for-profit developer to create and there should be none. No thought on commercial, delivery, or residential loading/unloading. Garbage/Recycle/Compost consideration will be after the structure is built and pick up will snarl the already slow street car.
Wild take! This is the only grocery store within a reasonable walking distance from my apartment. I don’t really want a more expensive grocery store in the area – probably couldn’t afford to shop regularly at Met Market. Whole foods is like two blocks up the street from QFC already – go there for your upscale shopping.
That would be great, but it’s a fantasy. There is no way an upscale grocery chain would choose to go in there, because of all the street/social problems in the area.