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Edith Macefield (August 21, 1921 – June 15, 2008) was a real estate holdout who received worldwide attention in 2006 when she turned down an offer of $1 million to sell her house to make way for a commercial development in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington (originally reported as a package worth $750,000). [1]
Ballard is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, United States.Formerly an independent city, the City of Seattle's official boundaries define it as bounded to the north by Crown Hill (N.W. 85th Street), to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont (along 3rd Avenue N.W.), to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and to the west by Puget Sound's Shilshole Bay. [1]
In 2016, Windermere Real Estate entered a three-year agreement to be the "Official Real Estate Company of the Seattle Seahawks". [12] In November 2016, Windermere launched the "W" Collection, a luxury residential real estate brand for houses priced over $3 million. [13] The "W" Collection was an extension of the company's Premier Properties ...
The Ballard Avenue Historic District is a section of downtown Ballard in Seattle, Washington state, US, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (ID #76001885). [1] The district consists of Ballard Avenue N.W. between N.W. Market Street and N.W. Dock Place, and is located near to and along Salmon Bay .
Built in 1917, the Ballard Bridge is one of the oldest examples in the state of a double-leaf bascule bridge. [8] It spans Salmon Bay in the Lake Washington Ship Canal, connecting the neighborhood of Ballard with Queen Anne and Magnolia. [12] Also part of the Historic Bridges and Tunnels in Washington Thematic Resource listing [8] 18: Ballard ...
Sunset Hill is an area located in the northwest corner of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is home to the Sunset Hill Community Association. Founded in 1922, it was one of the first Seattle neighborhood associations. [1] It is also home to the Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park, located at 7531 34th Ave NW.
The Ballard Building is a historic building in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.It was built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles in the 1920s. [1] [2] The terracotta building has housed a community hospital, restaurants and other businesses, [3] including a music venue called the Backstage, which closed in 1998.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-uhl) is a city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2023 population of 755,078 [2] it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.