Renovation of the Belltown Cottages

March 2003

March 2003 at Belltown Cottages We are finishing up the painting and trim in the back Cottage. Volunteers with lots of paint and elbow grease are always welcome! City Light expects to have the electricity connected out to Wall St. by mid April. The original douglas fir floors get the 3rd and final coat of seal and we need to get curtains and shades. Cleaning up the site outside in prepration for the Landscaping has begun. We have enlarged the construction fence to include the area of the P-Patch where the connecting trail fits. The Parks crews expect to begin building the hardscape elements in 2 weeks.

The P-Patch and the Cottages are both Springing up this year!

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Saturday Work Party! 10:30am every weekend through June 2003. Come out and enjoy the fun!

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Glenn shows the colours for trim, once the trim gets reinstalled around the doorway. Seven new doors were installed on the Cottages! There are new outdoor lights and we can clean up the icebox vents.

Jay reaches up for some pickups around the new doors.

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Finishing up the trim paint. The kitchen cabinets are next. Then the floor gets another coat of stain and sealer. Thanks Glenn!

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A front house, 2516. This will be the Community use building.

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The back house, 2512A.

New Doors!

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Old parts, renovated windows against new siding and trim.

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Kitchen sides of the 2 front Cottages. The white vertical pipes will be cut off at the ground once the landscaping is complete. They are cleanouts for pipes to the roof water collection system.

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Cottage history is pulled from storage for everyone to enjoy.

A sunny living room with new entry door and indoor plumbing!

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The Cottages are carefully watched by garden art. Landscaping begins in April.

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Up Vine Street, the Gesturing Cistern from Buster Simpson was installed at 81 Vine Street in March 2003. Seventy volunteers came out St. Patrick's and helped plant and clean the new greenspace.

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The Gesturing Cistern from below on Western Avenue. To the right are the growing downspouts.

Gardeners gather at the annual gathering for orientation in March. Planting season has begun and there are free seeds from the City of Seattle P-Patch program! Thank you Rich!

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Belltown Cottage Park and the P-Patch looking south from the new Vine Building..

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P-Patch garden path.

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Welcome to the Belltown Park.

Belltown Cottage Park, looking south into downtown Seattle. The Gesturing Cistern was installed this month in front of the 81 Vine Building to hte left. Part of the Growing Vine Street project coming to Belltown.

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, April 2003

Cottage Park Grand Opening, Summer Solstice June 21, 2003

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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P0009474-pp.JPG	Saturday Work Party! 10:30am every weekend through June 2003. Come out and enjoy the fun!	P0009480-pp.JPG	Glenn shows the colours for trim, once the trim gets reinstalled around the doorway. Seven new doors were installed on the Cottages! There are new outdoor lights and we can clean up the icebox vents.
Jay reaches up for some pickups around the new doors.	P0009477-pp.JPG	Finishing up the trim paint. The kitchen cabinets are next. Then the floor gets another coat of stain and sealer. Thanks Glenn!	P0009483-pp.JPG
P0009485-pp.JPG	A front house, 2516. This will be the Community use building.	P0009492-pp.JPG	The back house, 2512A.
New Doors!	P0009488-pp.JPG	Old parts, renovated windows against new siding and trim.	P0009498-pp.JPG
P0009493-pp.JPG	Kitchen sides of the 2 front Cottages. The white vertical pipes will be cut off at the ground once the landscaping is complete. They are cleanouts for pipes to the roof water collection system.	P0009530-pp.JPG	Cottage history is pulled from storage for everyone to enjoy.
A sunny living room with new entry door and indoor plumbing!	P0009528-pp.JPG	The Cottages are carefully watched by garden art. Landscaping begins in April.	P0009539-pp.JPG
P0009514-pp.JPG	Up Vine Street, the Gesturing Cistern from Buster Simpson was installed at 81 Vine Street in March 2003. Seventy volunteers came out St. Patrick's and helped plant and clean the new greenspace.	P0009518-pp.JPG	The Gesturing Cistern from below on Western Avenue. To the right are the growing downspouts.
Gardeners gather at the annual gathering for orientation in March. Planting season has begun and there are free seeds from the City of Seattle P-Patch program! Thank you Rich!	P0009633-pp.JPG	Belltown Cottage Park and the P-Patch looking south from the new Vine Building..	P0009636-pp.JPG
P0009548-pp.JPG	P-Patch garden path.	P0009553-pp.JPG	Welcome to the Belltown Park.

Sponsored by Friends of the Belltown P-Patch