About Seattle's Downtown

Twilight New Moon Midnight Showings in Seattle: Both Pacific Place & Cinerama are offering 12:01 AM showings of the latest in the Twilight Saga: New Moon. Other Seattle theatres offering midnight shows? Neptune in Wallingford, Thornton Place, Uptown 3, Majestic Bay in Ballard, Columbia City Cinema, Lincoln Square in Bellevue, Factoria 8, and Regal Crossroads.

My New Moon adventure: Mommy/daughter get away. I personally will be taking my little preteen to the prescreening show at 9:30 tonight at Pacific Place which was free through a Nordstrom promotion. We got some really cool keepsake lanyards and hopefully will get decent seats.

The Twilight New Moon movie is 2 hours and 10 minutes so be prepared to sleep in tomorrow if you want to join in, but also call ahead because I heard it might be sold out!!

Seattle Showings of New Moon:

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Today marks the end of an era when the Seattle Center Fun Forest closed for good. As a beloved and former remnant of the 1962 World's Fair, the city opted to close the amusement park rides due to declining sales and an altered vision for the downtown cultural park.

I've enjoyed trips to the Fun Forest since moving to Seattle I was seven years old. Of course I had to relive once more my fond memories of my tiny urban amusement park, so I made one final pilgrimage to the play land yesterday afternoon.

The rides haven't changed too much over the years. The blue wind storm roller coaster is a slightly larger version of the red coaster that stood adjacent to Memorial Field. The log ride is in the same spot between the Monorail Station and EMP. What was different is the previous carnival-like atmosphere had all but completly faded.

I remember crowds of people previously swarmed the Fun Forest, especially on the weekends and on nice, sunny summer days. There were game booths brimming with plush prizes, vendors, performers and of course the "thrill" rides, though they're likely only somewhat thrilling to those 10 and under.

For me, the Fun Forest served as an important symbol. It was a small urban oasis in one of the Pacific Northwest's chief cities, which showed we had a softer side which appealed to the young and young at heart. I recall a time back in the late 1980's when Disney expressed strong interest in transforming Seattle Center into somewhat of an urban theme park attraction. The city really missed wishing upon that lucky star by not solidifying such a partnership. If the Fun Forest was once able to capture the imagination of Disney, just think of what might have been.

Alas, here we are today, living in a city where our historic landmarks cling on for dear life, shivering in the shadows of sprawling, squeaky-clean and high-rising multi-use development projects. Sure, the Fun Forest has always been a bit campy, but it was for so long a vibrant part of the pulse at the core of our city's soul. I always thought the very reason they named Seattle's former World's Fair campus "Seattle Center" because it is the very heart of our city.

It's the end of a great era, the Seattle Center Fun Forest is closed forever ...

Your success is my business!

Brad

www.JustRealSeattle.com

Downtown Seattle is the very center of Seattle real estate and this Seattle neighborhood has had an interesting market for 2009. Total closed sales as of today in Downtown Seattle for 2009 are 57 condos ranging from $215,000 to a whopping $9,750,000 for sales prices. This is comparison to their original list prices of $216,000 and $12,000,000. Market time varied from 0 to 322 days with an average of 84 days and a median of 72 days on market. The average selling price was $1,031,348 and the median has been $655,000 so far for 2009 Downtown Seattle condo sales.

Downtown Seattle condos have become surprisingly affordable real estate for many first time home buyers. The average dollar per square foot for units under $400,000 sold so far for 2009 is $442.20 a square foot with 17 condos under $400,000 sold so far in 2009. Under $300,000, there have been 9 sold so far for the year. In looking at Downtown Seattle real estate listings available which include 145 condos, there are 14 for under $300,000 right now and 31 under $400,000. You can see them here:

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Downtown Seattle Condo Market Numbers - May 2009

There are 147 active condo listings in Downtown Seattle right now that are available for sale! They range in price from $199,950 for a zero bedroom/1 bath Downtown Seattle Studio just on the other side of I-5 to a private residence at the Four Seasons for $8,706,000 with a couple more luxury Downtown Seattle Condos over that 8 million dollar mark. Despite those glorious luxury condos with full on Puget Sound views over the bay, the average listing price right now for Downtown Seattle real estate is $1,152,934 and the median is $629,000. Average square footage is 1475 and median is 1151.

Prices have come down this year in the downtown area. That combined with the sheer volume of listings at this time is making it appealing for someone wanting to get their foot into this market. You can buy a very nice Downtown Seattle condo in the $400,000 to $500,000 range right now!

There are currently 25 pending Downtown Seattle condos in the MLS as of today. They range in price from $249,000 to $11,000,000 with an average of $1,521,199 and a median list price of $775,000. The average days on market for these pending sales that have not closed yet is 75 days with a range of 0 to 305 and median of 35 days.

Sales for the year so far are at 21 condos in the Downtown area with a few biggies in there, but one in particular which was listed for 12,000,000 and sold for $9,750,000 apparently on the same day it was listed and for cash. Final sales prices for these closed sales range from $215,000 to $9,750.000 with an average of $1,361,590 and a median of $535,000. The average days on market was 75 days with a range of 0 days to 225 and a median of 56 days. Average listing price per square feet on these was $841 and average selling price per square feet is $771.

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