The Kelo Conceit

November 13th, 2009
It is hard not to gloat over the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s infamous Kelo decision. As the Wall Street Journal pointed out recently, the city of New London, Connecticut spent $78 million condemning people’s homes and bulldozing them away, and the development that was supposed to happen in that area has flopped and looks [...]

Sound Transit’s “Alice-in-Wonderland”-like Public Meeting Process

October 15th, 2009

Surrey Downs on endangered property list - Seattle Times

June 10th, 2009
Surrey Downs on endangered property list Seattle Times, United States Sound Transit recently decided to explore and study a route that would run along I-90, up Bellevue Way Northeast and then turn east near Southeast Eighth Street. The neighborhoods argue that light rail on Bellevue Way would bring more traffic into ...

Endangered Property: Surrey Downs - Tacoma Daily News

June 4th, 2009
Endangered Property: Surrey Downs Tacoma Daily News, WA As Sound Transit continues to focus on an alignment for the proposed East Link transit corridor through Bellevue, options under consideration could result in potential adverse impacts to the Surrey Downs neighborhood. Collectively, the Mithun & Neslund ...

Seattle P-I Article Identifies “Noteworthy” WTHP Listing- Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern homes

May 28th, 2009

Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Announces “List of Endangered Properties”, & Includes Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern Homes

May 27th, 2009

Update: Alki Homestead on new “Endangered Properties” list

May 26th, 2009
Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has just officially announced its 2009 list of the “state’s most endangered historic properties,” which includes the fire-damaged Alki Homestead - one of four Seattle “resources” on the list, along with the P-I Globe. Washington Trust sent media organizations a preview of this for planning purposes last week and we honored its requested “embargo” of the list until this afternoon’s planned announcement, which explains:
Inclusion in our annual list is intended to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing historic resources across the state and ...

PI globe tops 'endangered' list - Seattle Post Intelligencer

May 26th, 2009
PI globe tops 'endangered' list Seattle Post Intelligencer The most noteworthy of the other entrants may be Bellevue's Surrey Downs neighborhood, because the threat listed is Sound Transit's East Link light-rail line. The trust called the neighborhood "significant as an intact, early subdivision of Bellevue ...

Wa. State Dept.of Archeology and Historic Preservation, During DEIS Process for East Link, Identifies the Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern Homes as “Eligible” to be Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

May 19th, 2009

House Transportation Budget Requires Study re: Sound Transit’s East Link I-90 ROW

March 31st, 2009
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