The Liberty Bank Building was selected as a finalist in Affordable Housing Finance’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards. This prestigious award recognizes the best developments completed in the last 12 months based on the impact they have on residents, creative problem-solving, sustainable and inventive design, and innovative...
Watch highlights from the Ribbon Cutting Celebration! Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting Ceremony reflected the community by bringing together the neighbors, friends, artists, business owners and community leaders who have contributed to this momentous project. Thanks to everyone who came out, and for those who couldn't make...
Three more days before our Ribbon Cutting Celebration! Click here for our joint press release out on the Ribbon Cutting Event for the newly-open Liberty Bank Building this Saturday March 23rd 11AM-2PM. See the press release for particulars on the village that helped make this building...
Give $25 or more today to the Liberty Bank Building and get your name on the wall of a living monument to community and cultural resilience [caption id="attachment_16627" align="alignright" width="450"] Local media personalities tour the Liberty Bank Building with CHH Staff (Photo: Yiling Wong)[/caption] [button size='' style=''...
Back in December, we took a tour of several of the 115 apartments within the Liberty Bank Building. LBB includes studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. Take a look! Residents will enjoy building amenities such as lots of bike parking (with a workshop space available), a...
Saturday March 23, 2019 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 1405 24th Ave in Seattle's Central District RSVP Today! Africatown Community Land Trust, the Black Community Impact Alliance, Byrd Barr Place, and Capitol Hill Housing invite the community to celebrate with us as we open the historic Liberty Bank Building...
Tamara Harris first started flagging in 1991. She was a single parent of three, and her youngest was six months old. Since then, she has grown into a trainer and opened her own business: Yes We Can Flagging. The Liberty Bank Building is her first...
[caption id="attachment_16591" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Panelists at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI). Photo courtesy of Yiling Wong.[/caption] On Wednesday, February 13th, 2019, representatives from Africatown Community Land Trust, Byrd Barr Place, Capitol Hill Housing, and the original Liberty Bank gathered to share their inspirations for the...
[caption id="attachment_16583" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Kristi Brown and Damon Bomar of That Brown Girl Cooks! Photo courtesy of Kristi Brown[/caption] Kristi Brown, Chef Goddess of That Brown Girl Cooks!, alongside her son and business partner Damon Bomar, will open their first restaurant at the newly minted Liberty Bank...
For new LBB residents, please see this follow-up letter from Capitol Hill Housing’s Property Management for a status update on the winter storm and things to do to prepare for potential flooding. Thank you for your help and patience. Stay safe and warm!...
For Future LBB Residents with Lease Signing Appointments: We are planning to keep all the lease signing dates as scheduled but will reschedule if the applicant needs to reschedule. The move in dates may need to be moved a day or two. We are calling everyone...
We would like to let you know that we still have a few apartments to fill and are still calling back phone numbers from the November wait list. Please remember you might not recognize the number that is calling you. Make sure that your voicemail...
Capitol Hill Housing CEO Chris Persons discusses the historic journey of the Liberty Bank Building on the newest installment of the Africatown Community Land Trust podcast The Lease Up. Learn more about the history of Capitol Hill Housing, from its grassroots beginnings as the Stevens Neighborhood...
[caption id="attachment_16547" align="alignleft" width="399"] Jaebadiah Gardner poses in front of Seattle's famed Gum Wall.[/caption] As one of few African American real estate developers in Seattle, Jaebadiah Gardner is poised to know a great deal about the challenges and opportunities of developing affordable housing in the Central...
Wednesday, November 14th, Capitol Hill Housing staff will begin calling back the first 300 phone numbers on the list. Please make sure and stay close to your phone and remember that you very well might not recognize the number that is calling you. Make sure...
We are no longer accepting calls for the Liberty Bank Building, the leasing line is now closed. Thank you for your interest in the Liberty Bank Building....
Our phone service is still having an unforeseen problem with the calls to the LBB leasing phone line. If you have not yet gotten through and left a message, please keep calling until you have left a message, even if you hear no outgoing recorded message...
Our phone service provider is having a problem with the high volume of calls to the LBB leasing phone line and you may get a message stating that the wireless customer you’ve called is not available at this time. If you have not yet gotten through...
The leasing hotline opens this Thursday, November 1 at 9 a.m. Our community partners at Converge Media and Africatown put together this informative and engaging video tutorial on how to apply! Follow the guides in the video below to ensure you reserve your place in the appointment...
Built for the community, by the community: The construction of Liberty Bank Building is anticipated to finish in February 2019! If you are interested in living in the building, the process to apply will begin on November 1. At 9:00 AM on November 1st, 2018 we will...
To Inye Wokoma, the Liberty Bank Building represents a chance for community ownership of land and home, an opportunity to shape destiny. One of Seattle Magazine’s ‘Most Influential Seattleites of 2017‘, Mr. Wokoma is an esteemed presence in the City’s art scene. In his words,...
Esther Ervin As an artist whose work will appear at the Liberty Bank Building, Esther Ervin is intent on honoring the history of the Central District. In her 24 years of residence, she has witnessed its struggles with displacement and gentrification and is deeply concerned with...
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If you want to get more out of life, you have to put more into it. It is that philosophy that sent Durrell Matthews to Seattle Vocational Institute. He graduated last June and began working for Walsh on the Liberty Bank Building in January. Matthews is currently installing...
We were honored to learn that the Liberty Bank Building project is being featured as part of the Museum of History and Industry's (MOHAI) acclaimed exhibit, Seattle on the Spot: The Photography of Al Smith. The exhibit is an incredible overview of Al Smith and his...