April - May 2003

Belltown Cottage Park

May 2003, Finish Painting and the volunteer work partys

Please help: The Cottage Park Renovation can use volunteers, donations of furniture and Cottage furnishings, cash.

Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Belltown Cottages and P-Patch. It has been a great 12 years!

Atta Boy; High Five; Go Get 'Em! Thank you, kindly and Go Team! Enjoy!

We have work parties and open house on site, Saturdays, 10am till 2pm. Stop by!

 

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Belltown Cottage Park 2516 Elliott Avenue Seattle, Washington

 

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Pairs of Stairs

Walking north on Elliott 17 May 2003

 

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A new walkway under the maple tree and across to the P-Patch.

 

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It looked like this while Seattle Park carpenters built the new stairs.

 

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Now that's done and Maura and Glenn need to determine which blu?

The backyard is coming together. Parks crews are placing the forms. The walkways should have the concrete poured this week.

 

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Jonathan painting green

 

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The floorplans of the missing Cottages will be recreated as a plaza and seating/terracing up to the alley.

 

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Landscape Plan will create reminders of the missing Cottages that can be used as stage and seating. An ADA accessible path will wind down from the alley connecting the P-Patch and Cottages.

P-Patch Site Coordinator, Kurt and Cottage guy, Glenn. The painting never stops!

 

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Caulking and more paint! Rebecca overcame her fear of heights on the ladder.

 

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2512A We are finishing up the green trim paint on this one!

 

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The kitchens in the 2 writer's-in-residency Cottages have been painted.

Appliances installed.

 

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The floors got their final finish coat. Bathrooms and windows restored.

 

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The Community Cottage from the back writers Cottage

 

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Community Cottage still needs sheetrock and insulation inside. The ADA entry needs to be added along the P-Patch.

The 1856 to 1920's history of Belltown is here. Did you hear of the Belltown fire? The second biggest fire in Seattle 1910.

 

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Belltown Park Community Center. A history show from before the Denny Regrade.

 

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Home of Friends of Belltown P-Patch our neighborhood 501c3 non-profit

 

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The former kitchen is to the right. About $30,000 will complete this Cottage for future us by the community. We are also looking for a possible coffee kart vender.

Front stairs

 

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Flower boxes make the city look nice.

 

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2512

 

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Looking back to the old water tower platform. The warehouse has a few underground springs below it that provided water.


Please help: The Cottage Park Renovation can use volunteers, donations of furniture and Cottage furnishings, cash.

Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Belltown Cottages and P-Patch. It has been a great 12 years! Atta Boy; High Five; Go Get 'Em! Thank you, kindly and Go Team!

Coming soon:

Cottage Park Landscaping began April 2003

Cottage Park Grand Opening, Summer Solstice June 21, 2003 with Black Cat Orchestra

the Richard Hugo House Literary Center's Artist in Residency program, w/ Historic Seattle, July 2003

Growing Vine Street and the Cistern Steps, Vine Street and Elliott Avenue, next to the Belltown P-Patch


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Sponsored by Friends of Belltown P-Patch

Cottage Park is located at 2516 Elliott Avenue, at Vine Street
Seattle, Washington

Friends of the Belltown P-Patch
a neighborhood 501(c)3 non-profit organization
2225 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
206.441.770

This page created on a little black Macintosh with assistance by Newton.
Images by Myke JWoodwell ©2003
Myke Woodwell / mykejw@speakeasy.org