Comments on: Columbia City Redux http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:13:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Ruby http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-1134 Ruby Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:04:42 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html#comment-1134 Thanks for the correction, Scott. I'm going to correct the post, since I was looking for history on the Cinema, but couldn't find it--my history didn't reach forward enough to include the movie theater. Thanks for the correction, Scott. I’m going to correct the post, since I was looking for history on the Cinema, but couldn’t find it–my history didn’t reach forward enough to include the movie theater.

]]> By: scott http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-1133 scott Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:14:49 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html#comment-1133 Hi Ruby: Thanks for this post. Today's library building was never a town hall. It was built 1914 as a Carnegie library. The original town hall was built in the 1890s south of Hudson. It was moved to the NW corner of Rainier & Hudson (where it housed the first library), and moved again to make way for the police station. Today the old PD is occupied by Southeast Youth & Family Services. The Masonic Lodge was also built and occupied as a lodge. The glove factory did move into its first floor -- as a tenant. It's no longer occupied by masons. Since 2004, it's a fantastic independent neighborhood cinema playing first-run movies. Hi Ruby:

Thanks for this post.

Today’s library building was never a town hall. It was built 1914 as a Carnegie library. The original town hall was built in the 1890s south of Hudson. It was moved to the NW corner of Rainier & Hudson (where it housed the first library), and moved again to make way for the police station. Today the old PD is occupied by Southeast Youth & Family Services.

The Masonic Lodge was also built and occupied as a lodge. The glove factory did move into its first floor — as a tenant. It’s no longer occupied by masons. Since 2004, it’s a fantastic independent neighborhood cinema playing first-run movies.

]]> By: Sea_Realty http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-1131 Sea_Realty Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:38:31 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/11/columbia_city_redux.html#comment-1131 The most remarkable price drop I've seen in this (wonderfu) neighborhood has been the gradual, oh so gradual come down of the property first cited in this blog as<a href="http://seattle.redfin.com/blog/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html" rel="nofollow"> 'Future Retro Real Estate, </a>now on the market for over two years, and which has been settled for some time at $779K, down not-quite 200K from its original inflated asking of $969K. Truly a masterpiece of bad planning. The most remarkable price drop I’ve seen in this (wonderfu) neighborhood has been the gradual, oh so gradual come down of the property first cited in this blog as ‘Future Retro Real Estate, now on the market for over two years, and which has been settled for some time at $779K, down not-quite 200K from its original inflated asking of $969K. Truly a masterpiece of bad planning.

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