There is a give and take debate about property values in down town Seattle. There are some fantastic building and units tucked into little corners of small court yards. Living close to the Pike Place Market can mimic a European feel. Many of the best units offer spectacular views, but what really gets me is that buildings have personalities. Bay Vista Tower with it’s roof top forest is one of those places.
The Continental, Seattle Heights, and Water Mark are another set of buildings from the last boom years of development in down town Seattle. They were grand projects of the 1980s. All of Seattle was alive with the new bus tunnel, plans for the WestLake Center, and a revitalization of Pioneer Square.
We now have a new crop of condo projects further North and closer to South Lake Union. What I think gets over looked is how much more activity there is in that part of the city. It is a different neighborhood and may turn out to be more suburban, if that’s possible for a down town location. South Lake Union coupled with the proximity to the Seattle Center gives more open space. The neighborhood was Cascadia and there were many pockets of family who lived there.
Like with any urban center the districts change block to block. Coming up First and Second Avenues you are leaving Pioneer Square, with it’s clubs, and cocktail lounges, and headed towards the Pike Place Market. Honestly, for me, that whole set of about fourteen blocks North is about the same. When you go over to between Third avenue and Seventh the feeling is a little more sophisticated because you are in with the shopping district, and hotels. As you head south from Fifth and Pike you are taking in the Court House and Rainer Club.
The price for living in city, in Seattle, is pretty reasonable. The prices have gone up and down and we are in a down ward trend now. The constant is the vitality of the city. It’s a world of it’s own that seems very friendly to me. Other people who visit make the same comments about how people know one another. Down Town is a community. Everything you could ever want you can find there.
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