July 2014

The building at 4745 40th Ave SW is in the process of being demolished today to make room for an eight story, 150-unit, 116-parking-space apartment complex. This building will be one of the first projects developed under guidelines in the relatively new West Seattle Triangle Plan. The ground floor will have live-work units, as well as some commercial space, a “jewel-box-type space”.

According to Andy Hoyer from Encore Architects, the material for the building will be mostly fiber-cement in a palate of about four colors, “popping the corners out with white corners” and windows. There will be some aluminum-storefront area in the commercial zone and the lobby area. They’re changing the color and window type at the top in an attempt to “break down the vertical scale.” The building is set “way down below the neighbors” who are in condos to the west/uphill.

You can read more about the project here

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

West Seattle stared at a three-run deficit, 11-8, entering the bottom of the seventh inning.

But on the strength of the bottom of the batting order and leadoff hitter Chris Frost's game-winning shot over the center fielder's head, West Seattle came back to beat South Highline National, 12-11, in the first championship game of the Little League All Stars Intermediate District 7 Tournament at Pac West Fields Monday.

The second, if-necessary championship game will be played Tuesday at 6 p.m. with the winner advancing to the state tournament that starts in mid-July. The reason West Seattle needs to win one more is they were put into the loser's bracket on Saturday by South Highline National by a 6-5 score.

This win makes things a lot more interesting now, with South Highline National's leeway cushion gone, and, now is in the same position as West Seattle and the winner takes it all on Tuesday.