Save The Roy Vue

Seriously, stop with the expansions.

My husband and I live in a historic Fred Anhalt Building a few blocks from Roy Vue in the Belmont Harvard Historic District where character-rich, historic housing is being rapidly replaced with ugly, featureless boxed housing. If there is any point which the destruction of Seattle's History will be stopped, it must start NOW, while there is something left worth preserving. The Roy Vue as it is now--with livable apartment sizes and beautiful gardens and open space deserves to be preserved. EXPENSIVE, shoebox size spaces will not lead to long-term tenants who are invested in the neighborhood and community. Tenants will be transient and move elsewhere as soon as they’re able, making a never ending stream of moving trucks clogging an already congested Seattle street. This is a terrible idea! Seattle needs to stop letting the greed of a few outweigh the needs of the many.

Stop the madness. We don’t need micro-apts. we need better solutions and protection from our city and county governments. Don’t destroy this beautiful building!!!

Leave it alone! Preserve culture, architecture, beauty.

The residents, our community in Capitol Hill and Seattle as a whole, have been given the gift of being able to experience the architectural design and history of the Roy Vue and other similar brick apartment buildings, due to the legacy of the architects, thoughtful landlords, devoted building caretakers who have gone before us. Through the creation and maintenance of these places, they have provided us the opportunity to experience the rich history and sense of place that cannot be replaced. As the Roy Vue moves forward with the landmarking process, let us all think as residents, landlords, developers and members of the community, what sort of places, sense of community, and connections to a rich past will we be leaving behind? Do those who come after us, residents of Capitol Hill and Seattle in 10 - 20 years from now, not deserve the same legacy we were fortunate to experience? Seattle's current trajectory is alarming. Vibrant cities and societies, embrace history and learn from their mistakes. I hope Seattle learns more about the missteps being made in preservation of the city before it's too late. And if you live in a similar building, please please reach out to your landlord, local historical society, and other residents to see what you can do to make sure your building isn't next on the chopping block. Let them know what these beautiful community spaces mean to you.

Please preserve this beautiful building. I moved here in 1973 from Milwaukee Wisconsin and one thing that has always bothered me, as much as I love this area and have no intention of moving, but what has always bothered me is the fact that we are so willing to erase our history. If you look at any major, vibrant city, their history is an intrical part of that vibrancy.

We need to keep the history and soul of Seattle!

I was born in Seattle and have lived on Capitol Hill for over 30 years. These brick buildings with courtyards are an example of what makes our neighborhood special, and historical. There is a terrible apartment building built in the 70’s a block away that could be torn down instead. Stop destroying beautiful things so you can make more money than you need.

I've been a next-door neighbor to the Roy Vue for five years. It's a beautiful building that is essential to preserving the unique culture of Capitol Hill, and moreover, our city.

Please save this place, don't destroy Seattle history.

I wholeheartedly support the landmark designation of the Roy Vue. It truly enriches the neighborhood. They beauty of this building is rarely seen and adds green space and a sense of community. I look at this building several times day and night. I do not see any compelling reason to change this building.

Stop trying to tear down our history to build micro appartment invest in preserving!!

Please, keep this beautiful landmark... as a long time resident of Capitol Hill, this building symbolized the old of the community. Hearing the water fountain on walks passed the building is always a surprise in the ever changing concrete jungle that developers are turning the Hill into... Developers, please, stop the craziness and destructiveness of your behavior. Thank you, w/

Historic buildings need to stand, a short sighted move like this will do nothing but degrade what makes these neighborhoods vital and vibrant.

Save this beautiful place

For Stephanie!!

The Royvue deserves the landmark status. It is truly shameful and injudicious to destroy and erase such beautiful architecture. Capitol Hill is characterized by the beautiful edifices of brick with ornamented entablatures; truly rich in comparison with the insipid suburbs and new micro apartments that surround it. Can you imagine places like Madrid, Paris, New York City and Chicago if they decided to gut their historical edifices. They would cease to be who they are and what they represent. To evicerate the few remaining patrimonial landmarks in Capitol Hill and make micro apartments that will be rented for an astronomical amount of money and announce that it is to provide affordable housing is insulting and flagrantly dishonest and disrespectful to the past and the current community of Capitol Hill and Seattle.

Please spare and preserve Seattle treasure!

Please stop destroying history and beautiful architecture for the ugly uninspired and poorly constructed stuff being built today. All the developers care about it the bottom line. They do NOT care about the community or the history of the city.

These older buildings are the soul of the city and should be preserved or at least protected. Rents in "older" buildings are still affordable; anything newly built doubles or triples the rent per square foot helping keep our "expensive housing" status alive. Too many 20's and 30's solid buildings are being torn down and replacing $1500/mo rent living units with $2500/mo units. G-r-e-e-d-y.