Let's take a moment to look at the progress of townhomes in Ballard by examining one site in particular -- the old, now-demolished Art House on 22nd Ave NW and NW 61st St.

In our March 20 article, "In Ballard, a wave of townhouses densifying neighborhood," we talked to pro-development czar Roger Valdez to get the "why" behind all of the new townhouses sprouting up around town.

For the photo, we used the site of the old, 5,580 sq. ft., Art Church where a four-unit townhome and a narrow single-family residence were being constructed.

The Art Church, which was the brainchild of Marianne Maksirisombat, had been vacant for a couple years.

Here's a photo of the art house before, taken from our file photos:

Photo by Michael Harthorne

Here's the photo we took for the townhouse story:

Photo by Jerry Gay

Walking by the scene again (on a wonderfully sunny day, by the way), we saw that the single-family residence was nearing completion, getting some final touches, and the townhouse -- which was just a foundation before -- had been built up.

Here's the four-unit townhouse:

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

And here's the very narrow single-family residence:

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

Photo by Zachariah Bryan

Zachariah Bryan can be reached at zachb@robinsonnews.com

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