As you can see it was a very gray day, which the artificial Christmas tree behind its own white picket fence did little to cheer up.
Movie theatre, lots of places to lunch, structured parking, awnings--elements are in place for a new neighborhood. Will it have housing? Offices? Time will tell. It's pedestrian-oriented, but it does need a few more pedestrians...and maybe a puffbll or two.
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it is amazing how these new retail/residential developments look alike - this one looks like the one called 'crocker park' not far from where I live which looks a lot like the place in fairfax, virginia where the r.e.i. store is located! I wonder if there is one architectural firm that specializes in these places!
I've often wondered that myself--there is a retail development near here where they moved a dozen old buildings of many different types and linked them together with boardwalks (Gilman Village). I always thought that was a very original approach and gives it a little more human-ness.
We have one starting near us, I have seen the snow on other blogs and was wondering where did you get it? Kathy
This is definitely NOT my mother's Renton, lol. I drove past here on 405 the other day and actually pined for the old Boeing industrial complex from my youth, which inhabits (still) many of my dreams. I suppose I'll have to give it up and pay the "new" Renton a visit. Or maybe not!
T--Get off the freeway and explore! You'll love the Boeing "souvenir" shop--very surreal, but it's not all that's left of the Lazy B.
I pine for it too, and the Barbee Mill (last lumber mill on Lake Washington) as well which used to house ospreys and now houses large football players. In a big, ugly view-incinerating box.
Kathy, welcome! If you google "snow effect" you should find a link--if not, let me know.
click here
Kathy-here's your link!
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