Sally Clark hosts town home design events on June 2nd and June 7th.

Thanks for the tip on this Renee and Matt.

Councilmember Sally Clark is starting to make some really good moves in Seattle, and next week will be hosting two events to discuss townhomes and why Seattle has such huge fluctuations in townhome quality.

And I almost fell out of my chair when I read this part of her announcement. Wow, an honest critique of the situation. This is something you definitely wouldn’t hear coming out of the ‘loyal to a fault’ DPD.

While some new town homes blend into the neighborhood or, even better, stand out as well-designed additions, others are reviled by the neighbors for mediocrity, canyon-creating fences, asphalt wastelands, and impossible to navigate garage entries. The fault lies not just with imagination, but also with Seattle’s development rules. The City can do better. These upcoming forums are the start of Councilmember Clark’s effort to improve town homes’ design.

You can read more here,

First Forum: Courtyard Housing in Portland, Oregon, Monday, June 2, 5 p.m., City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue in the Bertha Knight Landes Room on the First Floor.

Second Forum: Town Homes—Can the Patient be Saved?, Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m., Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave

Seattle needs more of these

And fewer of these