urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

Now that I’ve been asked for the third time where I think the good places for around $2 million are it’s worth posting about and getting some other ideas so I have something to point folks to.
On my list when people ask are:

1521
5th and Madison (the penthouses)
Escala
Four Seasons
Hotel 1000/Madison Tower
Mosler (the penthouses)
Olive 8

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6-8PM: Trace North Happy Hour. RSVP: rsvp@tracelofts.com
Update: Canceled due to rain forecast.
6PM: Art, Wine + Modern Design II. Hosted by Pb Elemental at 3844 37th Ave So Mount Baker Area. RSVP: shamah@elementalarchitecture.com. Here’s a photo of the home where the event is hosted:

Chris sent me more about the home:

The 2,470 s.f. home includes four […]

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I’m done buying furniture but that doesn’t mean I’m done browsing! Here are some interesting finds:

Stainless steel prep table
Williams Sonoma stainless prep table. If only it were bar height I’d buy it!
Retro Devo metal sign. If this were at Area 51 they’d want $1000 for this (I can’t believe they charge $300/letter for the metal […]

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Between work and the nice weather I’m having a hard time getting to all the events I’d like and writing about everything that needs to be written about. And so, I’d like to hire a writer to write 3 posts a week.
Don’t worry I set the bar low in terms of writing skills (but […]

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You’d probably be surprised to find out how much effort it is to blog every other day and attend a handful events every few weeks. Sometimes I feel like I’m just talking to myself. Other times, I feel like you contribute much more than I do. Something I’d like to understand better is what you […]

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A reader in the forums has a question about whether his bedroom window should be able to open or not:

I was wondering if someone knows about high rise condo building code regarding whether bedroom window can be open or not. I am looking at a unit where the bedroom has a few floor to ceiling […]

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I was running late yesterday so I cabbed back up to Capitol Hill. As I got in the cab holding a poster tube with a wall decal that had just arrived from Europe, the cabbie asked me if I was responsible for all this, waving his hands, at all the tall buildings. Surprised, I said […]

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Maybe you were tired of condos last week too. If you so here’s what you and I both missed:

The Slog has a post about Murray Franklyn wanting to tear down more businesses on 19th Ave, Another knock-down, drag-out fight on Capitol Hill?
Vulcan offering rent to own program in SLU.
State keeps two Seattle construction cranes shut […]

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On Sunday we visited the Pb Elemental home at 12th and John.

I forgot my camera but Chris forwarded along even nicer photos.
I really like it but don’t have a million dollars.
Yesterday on my way to hockey in Kent we visited the Georgetown Lofts on Corson Ave (just down the street from Pb’s Corson Lofts.

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The Seattle Times is running an opinion piece on townhomes written by Sally J. Clark, chair of the Seattle City Council’s Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee, Town homes: We can do better:

When I talk to the developers who build town homes, they, like the unhappy neighborhoods, also have common themes: They do what the […]

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