There has been a lot of construction going on in our neighborhood of Northgate. Near our home is a newly constructed medical building, and the neighborhood has a brand new public library and community center.The largest project is a renovation of Northgate Mall. Northgate was the first regional shopping center in the United States to be described as a mall and is 56 years old. The inside has seen renovations but the exterior hasn't been overhauled in many years.
News is that the modifications will make quite a difference in the way the mall looks from I-5. They are supposedly creating an attractive facade so passersby on the freeway will want to stop and shop.
As you can see they are hard at work moving great mounds of earth. What you can't see are the great holes created by all this digging. They are building several unattached structures - parking garages and other buildings which will sit in what is now a large plain parking lot. The project will add 100,000 square feet of retail space to the mall.
I wonder if we will still be living in the neighborhood when the construction is complete.
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This better be good for our dropping property values! :-)
Am off to the newly opened Northgate Library.
Thanks for the Northgate Mall history lesson. I had no idea it was 56 years old! 'Have seen the "mess" and look forward to the "new mall." If it turns out anything like the new Alderwood Mall, it will be quite attractive to shoppers and passers-by alike!
Colette
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