Just found out that all SalalCU debit cards are down for the account until Tuesday, August 16th.

You can withdraw at a shared branch, but not Visa check, not ATM.

B&O Espresso, at 1650 E. Olive Way, has been nominated as a Seattle Landmark.

The hearing is tomorrow afternoon (01.20.2010), at 3:30pm in Room 4060 of the Seattle Municipal Tower.

It’s one thing to bemoan a building’s demolition in blog comments, another thing entirely to go to the meeting that could help to save it.

UPDATE by jseattle:
From the Department of Neighborhoods Historic Preservation site, here are the restrictions placed on a property that is designated a landmark:

The following changes require a Certificate of Approval before work can begin, even if no permit from the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is required.

•Any change to the exterior of any building or structure 

• Installation of any new sign or changes to existing signs 

• A change in the color the building or structure is painted 

• Any change in a public right-of-way or other public space, including parks and sidewalks – this may include sidewalk displays, street lights and so forth 

• New construction 

• Demolition of any building or structure 

• Changes to the interior that show from the street, changes to individual business spaces in the Pike Place Market, and changes to the interior of some landmark buildings 

• Site alterations in some cases

• A proposed new business or service or an expansion of current use in some cases.

We’ll have more on this when we can track down a few more details from the city and from the building’s developer. We’ve been told that the proposal to designate the structure as a landmark was submitted by Nicholson Kovalchick Architects, the firm working on the plans for the new development at the location.

The Villa is turning 100 years old!

Capitol Hill Housing staff will be giving tours on Tuesday January 12th from 11am-7pm. Come see how CHH is  preserving neighborhood character while creating affordable housing in Seattle. Tango Restaurant and Lounge will provide food in the afternoon.

1106 Pike Street (enter between Tango and Stussy)

For questions contact: [email protected]

In honor of the late Jane Jacobs (NYC + Toronto urban activist), and in the spirit of the “sidewalk ballet” she wrote about in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Seattle will join other cities across North America with a “Jane’s Walk” in Capitol Hill-Pike/Pine this Saturday, May 2nd at 2pm at the head of the fountain.  This is geared toward noticing the little things that make a neighborhood special…it’s NOT an architectural tour!  Hopefully it spurs others to do a tour in their neighborhood next year. 

>;http://www.janeswalkusa.org/janes-walk-seattle for more information about the walk and Jane Jacobs.