demolition – My Ballard

Building razed to make way for ‘eco-development’

11/16/201111/16/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

A demolition crew is out today razing the building that formerly housed Full Circle Yarn at 2034 NW 56th St. The demolition permit was issued last month and just last […]

Burned house torn down

03/21/201103/21/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

The house that burned early New Year’s Eve morning on the corner of 9th Ave NW and NW 65th is now gone. As we reported earlier this month, a demolition […]

Demolition crews to level Sunset Bowl tomorrow

01/19/201001/20/2010 Geeky Swedes 60 Comments

Update: Workers tell us that demolition has been delayed to tomorrow due to the unexpected amount of asbestos in the building and freon in the air conditioning unit that they’re […]

Firefighters training at abandoned house

08/26/200908/26/2009 Geeky Swedes 2 Comments

Firefighters are training at the abandoned blue house on the old Denny’s property before demolition. The crew from Ladder 6 is on the roof with chainsaws, axes, and other tools […]

Demolition permits issued for vacant buildings

07/22/200907/22/2009 Geeky Swedes 34 Comments

More than a year after the Denny’s building was torn down, demolition permits have been issued for the two remaining buildings on the property. The permits specify demolition of the […]

Time lapse of the demolition

06/02/200906/02/2009 Geeky Swedes 18 Comments

Matt Collins videotaped Monday’s demolition of the boarded-up house. He sped up the video, added some classical music, and you have quite the show: Thanks Matt for shooting, editing and […]

Crews demolish Ballard eyesore

06/01/200906/02/2009 Geeky Swedes 17 Comments

Update: Demolition crews are taking apart the old, boarded-up home at 1753 NW 56th St., and many neighbors are happy to see it go.

The “meth house,” as some call it, has been a longtime hangout for vagrants. The abandoned building was recently acquired by the Compass Center. It has plans to rebuild on the site, but not until the economy turns around.

Back in March, we wrote about the dilemma the non-profit was facing after it purchased the boarded-up building. “To us it’s a threat to life, so we have petitioned the city to take it down,” Rick Friedhoff, director of the Compass Center told the Ballard Distric Council in March. “But it’s very difficult to take down a building like this, because the city wants you to have a Master Use Permit for what’s going to go up next.” But now it appears the Compass Center was successful in its petition to demolish the building. “The city was really helpful,” Friedhoff told us this morning. The city walked through and determined that “it would cost more to bring the building up to code, more than half of the fair market value, and said that we could tear it down.”

The building has long been the source of complaints by nearby businesses, and the Sip & Ship is celebrating the event by offering $2 tall “Demolition Lattes” all day today. Here’s some video of the demolition (Thanks, Rob!), and click the link at the bottom for more photos.