Phinney Ridge goes downhill

What is the matter with Phinney Ridge?  I had thought it was a nice neighborhood, with real craftsman SFHs, decent shops, good bars.  The new housing up there is horrid!

Let's start with the Fini condos.  This is what they deem worthy to sit on the top of the ridge.  This faux-facade cutesy neighborhood look makes me think of Celebration, FL.  "Oooh, is this what cities look like?"

Continuing south, in what should be a nice neighborhood, we find some more townhouses.  Same standard design.  Did someone publish the design for these things in Popular Science as a gift to the world?  Same design, but with different finishes outside and in.  That's what differentiates them.  So what is the name for this disaster?  "Lukewarm Ovaltine"?

The rocks above the sidewalk signify that these are highly refined, dignified townhouses, well worth the money.  Remember, townhouses are made for people who can't afford condo dues.

The tour is not over yet.  Remember, same design, different finishes.  I ask, if there is a God who loves us, why does he allow this to exist? 

All units are for sale!  You can have the privilege of living in townhouse luxury in one of Seattle's better neighborhoods.

The use of slate tiles for exterior decoration will be like 1970s avocado linoleum or wood panelling.  It seemed like a good idea at the time, now we're just so embarrassed by it all.

Surely, you must be joking

MLS 27202179, Whitman and 105th in N. Greenwood, Seattle.  Yes, tenement-town!  Better hope no one falls asleep smoking on a hot, dry, windy summer night in this 'hood, or the whole place will go up like a 19th century American city.  A million board feet of pressed sawdust and glue lives up here.

 

Here's what you get for a mere $529,950:

Don't you just love the columns in the front?  Did some Boy Scout or high school shop student tack those together?  1818 sq ft, or a mere $291/sq ft! But you get a piece of dirt in Seattle, Washington, the greatest, smartest, coolest city on the planet.  It's cheap!  We're the next San Francisco.  Sell it in two years for double.