Along with some other quintessential Ballard landmarks, such as the Denny's on 15th, the much loved Sunset Bowl is no more.Apartment developer Avalon Bay Communities bought the bowling alley, at 1420 Northwest Market St., in January and closed it in April. The developer plans to erect a six-story building with 230 apartments above 15,000 square feet of retail space along the street and parking for 280 cars underground.
While I think that new apartments and affordable housing will be a huge welcome to the Ballard area (considering the bulk of development is towards condos or new mega-homes), I also wonder if there will be ample community gathering spots to accommodate this new influx of people. I mean how many bars and restaurants can you have before they all kind of meld together? If you ask me, we should be adding more bowling alleys, parks, p-patches, skate parks, and other unique establishments to the community to give it more vitality.
If you are interested, this Monday, July 28 at 8pm, the developer is scheduled to present information about this site and project at an early design guidance meeting in the library of Ballard High School at 1418 NW 65th St.
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