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A High Point for Sustainable Redevelopment
First published September 1, 2006 in Environmental Design + Construction magazine Atop a ridge overlooking Seattle’s downtown skyline, Elliot Bay and the Cascade Mountain range, sits the West Seattle neighborhood of High Point. Until recently, it was clearly one of the low points among the city’s 21 neighborhoods. More than 700 subsidized housing units in mostly dilapidated barracks-style buildings dotted the area — the result of a rush to provide housing following World War II.Visit High Point today, and you’ll see a neighborhood transformed. Seattle Housing Authority has undertaken a 130-acre redevelopment project that will make High Point the largest…Read More