I realize I am going to raise the ire of many by saying this, but I feel the need to weigh in on the whole Ballard Denny's issue. I have as much sympathy as the next person to try to preserve neighborhoods, but there has to be some logic in the discussion as well. I am all for neighborhood groups banding together to try to get city planning to be more open, green and inviting. In fact I think Seattle could use a lot more of it. I just don't think that declaring the Denny's a landmark is the way to go about it. Think about it. Betsy Ross's house, the birthplace of Edgar Alan Poe, and the Ballard Denny's. (Sing along with me, "One of these things is not like the others...") Googie architecture? Is that Latin for ugly? Now that the Denny's is officially a landmark it is sitting there with barricades around it rotting. It wasn't attractive when it was a Denny's and is even uglier now and quite frankly sad. So fine if we don't want more condo's on that block, lets do something else with the property but a landmark just doesn't make much sense to me. If condos don't go in there, they will inevitably be going in elsewhere in the neighborhood. Maybe next on the chopping block is the Ballard Market or the Grease Monkey up the street. Do we declare them landmarks as well? Instead of attacking this on a situation by situation basis, can we please come up with a comprehensive plan for the growth of Seattle? People are moving in and we have limited space. That trend is projected for the forseeable future. The inevitable effect is that the town will continue to grow upward. Where are we going to put all the people? Unless we have a plan, we will continue to have these little skirmishes and future landmarks such as the 7-11 on 15th.
Ok, for those of you that hate stats, look away. I have to admit that I love looking at numbers and staying current on market trends. Toward that end, here are inventory number in months for various neighborhoods. All of the numbers are Feb '07 vs. Feb '08 according to the MLS. I took the liberty of listing them from longest to shortest.
Ballard 1.8 / 3.8
NE Seattle 2.0 / 4.4
W. Shoreline 2.6 / 4.8
Wallingford 1.7 / 5.4
Delridge 2.4 / 6.9
E. Shoreline 2.1 / 7
Capital Hill 4.3 / 7.6
Queen Anne 2.4 / 9
Redmond 2.2 / 9.4
Admiral 3.3 / 10
Kirkland 6.8 / 10.3
Beacon Hill 4.1 / 10.5
W. Bellevue 8.6 / 18.3
Mercer Island 5.1 / 22.4
E. Bellevue 7.5 / 23.7
One thought on all this. Last month there was an unusual spike in inventory for almost all neighborhoods. I suspect this was the result of re-lists from the winter months. All neighborhoods were significantly down from that spike. Hopefully the trend continues.
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