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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
that last low area in Seattle...the final undeveloped stretch of parking lots/small buildings in front of the amazon HQ...wouldn't it make a great park?
the city seems a bit under-parked generally...
wonder what others think.
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That area has a number of other highrises planned, including a 24-story office tower for Amazon on the block with the long white building which is currently being demo'd. The block with the two tower cranes is the third larger Amazon tower. The block with the blue awning has four(!) 440' apartment towers planned by two developers, a couple of which seem like they could start this year. A couple of the little triangular blocks along Denny Way have 440' residential towers proposed. Also Amazon plans a 16(?) story office on one of the half blocks.
That said, we very much need more parks. We're ok with smaller ones including the mid-block examples that a lot of office blocks are getting these days, but we lack anything larger. A group of us tried to get a big one passed in the 90s from Denny to Lake Union. It failed two public votes, then the land we bought using Paul Allen's donations reverted to his ownership (vs. being given to the City) and that was the precursor to South Lake Union's real estate boom.