Comments on: Death of a Street Wall http://hugeasscity.com/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/ > so much wonderful packaged in such a mess Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Seattle Twist » RIP Rainier Cold Storage stock house http://hugeasscity.com/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Seattle Twist » RIP Rainier Cold Storage stock house Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:42:37 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/#comment-183 [...] Dan Bertolet at hugeasscity.com points out that the cooler in the building had frozen the ground underneath, and when the cooler was turned off in 2002, the resulting settling made the building unsound. At the Slog there’s a lot of discussion about whether it really needed to come down, and whether this is another step towards gentrifying Georgetown. We hope not. The Seattle P-I gives history and more info here. [...] [...] Dan Bertolet at hugeasscity.com points out that the cooler in the building had frozen the ground underneath, and when the cooler was turned off in 2002, the resulting settling made the building unsound. At the Slog there’s a lot of discussion about whether it really needed to come down, and whether this is another step towards gentrifying Georgetown. We hope not. The Seattle P-I gives history and more info here. [...]

]]> By: dan bertolet http://hugeasscity.com/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-182 dan bertolet Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:48:20 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/#comment-182 Hey there g-town wa-wa, any chance you could give us something more than speculation? Do you really believe that the KPFF engineers and the DPD engineers conspired to get this building taken down? Do you have any support for your speculation that because the wall has been difficult to demolish it means that the the engineers were wrong and the building was structurally sound? Hey there g-town wa-wa, any chance you could give us something more than speculation? Do you really believe that the KPFF engineers and the DPD engineers conspired to get this building taken down?

Do you have any support for your speculation that because the wall has been difficult to demolish it means that the the engineers were wrong and the building was structurally sound?

]]> By: g-town wa-wa http://hugeasscity.com/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-181 g-town wa-wa Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:43:43 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/02/02/death-of-a-street-wall/#comment-181 The developer came in with a predetermined plan, administered a good PR campaign to defuse any potential community opposition, and fought the historical boards every step of the way. Now the tear down has stopped--because a wall is too stubborn to come down. Imagine that, from a building that was doomed to imminent "collapse"! Turn the camera 30 degrees to the right... The developer came in with a predetermined plan, administered a good PR campaign to defuse any potential community opposition, and fought the historical boards every step of the way. Now the tear down has stopped–because a wall is too stubborn to come down. Imagine that, from a building that was doomed to imminent “collapse”! Turn the camera 30 degrees to the right…

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