Media – Liberty Bank Building

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Selected news articles related to the Liberty Bank Building project from October 2017 – August 2019.

2019

September 18th: AHF announces 2019 Reader’s Choice Award Winners (Affordable Housing Finance)
August 30th: Rooftop party celebrating history of Central District draws complaint (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
August 28th: Liberty Bank Building’s rooftop music series will go on despite ‘once wonderful peaceful neighborhood’ complaints (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
August 27th: Remembering the past while making way for change in the Central District (Seattle Times)
July 24th: Building upon the legacy of the Central District’s Liberty Bank (Seattle Globalist)
July 3rd: Why you might want to give a dollar or two to a fundraising campaign to help a Central District barbershop move (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
June 20th: Make Music Day takes over Seattle on Friday, June 21st (Northwest Music Scene)
June 14th: Central Area Chamber of Commerce gears up for Juneteenth — and a new chapter (CHS Blog)
June 12th: Liberation Celebration: Juneteenth at Liberty Bank (Eventbrite)
June 5th: Africatown starts community design process for Midtown Center project (Curbed Seattle)
- With a vision for affordability beyond the neighborhood, Capitol Hill Housing won’t just be Capitol Hill Housing much longer (CHS Blog)
May 31st: AHF Names 2019 Readers’ Choice Aware Finalists (Affordable Housing Finance)
May 28th: Hoping to follow the equitable development example of the Liberty Bank Building, Africatown Plaza begins to take shape (CHS Blog)
May 26th: The Deep End Friends Podcast: K. Wyking Garrett (podcast) (The Deep End Friends)
May 24th: Community shares designs for Africatown Plaza (Madison Park Times)
May 15th: With District 3 candidates forum season underway, Speak Out Seattle leads with homelessness, displacement in the Central District, and gun violence (CHS Blog)
May 14th: Seattle University helping nearby small businesses survive gentrification (King 5)
May 7th: Lowrider Baking Company, the Central District’s new cookie shop, moves in at 24th and Union (CHS Block)
April 29th: Who’s accountable for saving Seattle’s cultural districts? All of us (Seattle Times)
April 26th:
- Barber’s New Lease Signals Growth within Central District (Seattle University News)
- Black church puts $4.5M plan to exit 23rd and Union into motion (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
- Seattle barber Earl Lancaster remains amid swirl of displacement (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Who Gets to Future? Race, Representation, and Design Methods in Africatown (Make4All)
April 16th: Seattle takes a small step against gentrification (Los Angeles Times)
April 15th: That Brown Girl Cooks, Caters and Now Owns (South Seattle Emerald)
April 8th: Opening of the Liberty Bank Building (Rhythm & News Podcast)
April 12th: The Liberty Bank Building preserves the Central District’s past while looking toward the future (King5 video)
April 9th: Amazon in Seattle: Economic godsend or self-centered behemoth? (Earl’s Cuts & Styles mention) (Washington Post)
April Edition: The Top 12 Neighborhoods in Seattle: 2019 Edition (Seattle Met Magazine)
March 29th: Durkan Announces $1,300,000 To Support Neighborhood Businesses
March 29th: Next affordable project for Capitol Hill Housing? Station House
March 29th: Photos: Liberty Bank Building Opens (Real Change cross-post)
March 27th: Newly Opened Liberty Bank Building Established As New Black Cultural Hub (Seattle Medium)
March 27th: The new Liberty Bank Building in the Central District is a historic step against displacement and gentrification
March 26th: In the Central District, the Liberty Bank Building celebrates black heritage—and a resilient future
March 25th: ‘Replanting’ — Liberty Bank Building’s opening hoped to be new start in the Central District
March 22nd: Liberty Bank Building opens Saturday
March 22nd: Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting This Saturday
March 21st: 10 things to do in Seattle
Celebrate equitable, affordable development in the Central District at Liberty Bank Building ribbon cutting
Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting March 23rd
This Weekend in South Seattle—Showing Out: Words & Shout!, Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting, Arts at King Street Station, and More!
Press Release: Liberty Bank Building Ribbon Cutting March 23rd –Celebrating the village that built the Liberty Bank Building in Central District
Seattle Times: Seattle’s upzones would collect millions for affordable housing. Who would get help?
(Video) Wyking Garrett Speaks On Africatown, Black Founders Of Washington State and Dem Deception
What is Africatown?
Tabor 100 – Vision Becomes Reality February 2019 Newsletter – Capitol Hill Housing
Black History Month events and celebrations
Central District e-bike showroom Electric Lady shutting down
93 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 12-17, 2019
37 Black History Month 2019 Events in Seattle– Performances, Movies, History Lessons, and More
Earl’s Cuts and Styles making temporary move before new life in Liberty Bank Building
Seattle’s Famed Soba Chef Plans a Fremont Sake Bar (That Brown Girl Cooks mention)
The Lease Up Podcast – Fighting Poverty and Building Futures with Leon Garnett Of Byrd Barr Place
12+ Capitol Hill bars and restaurants to look forward to in 2019
The Lease Up Podcast – A Conversation for Entrepreneurs with Curtiss Calhoun Of Black Dot Seattle
Inspirational Mural Stirs Controversy
Africatown Honors 30 years of Earl’s Cuts & Styles
The Lease Up Podcast – Talkin Cuts, Community and The Liberty Bank Building w. Earl of Earl’s Cuts & Styles

2018

November 13^th: Midtown: Public Square shaping up with hopes ranging from My Sweet Lil Cakes to Bartell’s
November 6^th: Liberty Bank Building: vision of equitable development, great views of the CD
October 30th: $300,000 Grant from KeyBank to Support Affordable Housing and Job Creation in Seattle’s Central District
October 21^st: Liberty Bank Building Unveils Interior and Exterior Art, Accepting Housing Applications Nov. 1
October 7^th: Plaza Heralds New Era of Afrocentric Development in Seattle Neighborhood
August 14th: HomeFree helped make the Liberty Bank Building a healthier place to live – What could it do for your project?
August 1^st: Africatown Designs Its Future
May 18th: An ambitious effort to combat gentrification in Seattle offers lessons for Portland
May 11^th : Earl’s Cuts — and, maybe, some legendary eats — set for new home in Liberty Bank Building

2017

July 14th: A Bold Plan to Keep Black Residents in Seattle’s Central District
June 23rd: Central District Partners hold Juneteenth LBB Groundbreaking
June 22nd: Coalition Breaks Ground On Liberty Bank Building Development
June 22nd: CHH starts Liberty Bank project
June 22nd: Black-Led Development Project Aims to Bring Displaced African-Americans Back Into Seattle’s Central District
June 22nd: Work Begins on Liberty Bank Building in Seattle’s Central District
June 20th: Central District Leaders Break Ground on New Liberty Bank Building
June 20th: The Liberty Bank Building broke ground on Juneteenth
June 20th: Ground work starts on Liberty Bank
June 20th: Liberty Bank Project Breaks Ground In Future Of Seattle’s Central District
June 19th: VIDEO: Mayor Murray attends Liberty Bank Building groundbreaking
June 19th: Development project aims to bring displaced African Americans back to Central District
May 1st: Liberty Bank Artists Show Their Colors
April 28th: Liberty Bank Building Art Evokes Black History
April 28th: The Most Controversial Block in Seattle is a Test Site for Gentrification
April 25th: Liberty Bank Building artwork will honor history of Central District
March 14th: Liberty Bank Project Pushes Back on Seattle Gentrification
March 9th: Urban Forum NW: Liberty Bank Building Contracting Opportunities
December 8th: Redevelopers of Black Bank Hope to Preserve Economic Legacy
December 2nd: Liberty Bank Passes Design Review With Changing Colors
December 1st: Design Bard Advances Capitol Hill Housing’s Liberty Bank Building
November 30th: Seattle’s Liberty Bank Building to be a Template for Inclusive Development
November 29th: Liberty Bank Building Bringing Affordable Housing to Central District
November 28th: CHH Shows City Latest Design for 115 Apartments and Retail on East Union
November 27th: What the Liberty Bank Building Will Look Like
November 20th: Central District Affordable Housing Develoment Going Back for Design Recommendation
October 31st: Community Groups Unite In The CD For Redevelopment Of Liberty Bank Building
October 28th: Capitol Hill Housing, partners hosting Liberty Bank subcontracting meeting
October 28th: Announcement: Community partnership formalizes vision for redevelopment of liberty bank building in the Central District
October 24th: The building that will go up here hopes to bring back old Central District residents
October 20th: Liberty Bank Project Is a Beacon of Hope in Rapidly-Gentrifying Central District
October 19th: Africatown Organizers See Opportunity With Liberty Bank Site
October 19th: Africatown calls for Central District to ‘rewrite the script’ for future
October 18th: New vision for re-development of Liberty Bank building
October 17th: Black Seattle 2035: How to get involved with the Liberty Bank Building
October 13th: Black ownership, Black identity, Black residents: Liberty Bank Building’s one-of-a-kind ‘memorandum of understanding’
October 12th: Capitol Hill Housing Project Stands Up to African American Displacement in Central District
October 12th: Mememorandum outlines Liberty Bank partnership
October 11th: Community Partnership Formalizes Vision for Re-development of Liberty Bank Building