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by Matt Baume • May 6, 2021 at 9:30 am
Can you identify which part of this development is historic and which part is new? BuildingWork
Get ready for a change of scenery around Pioneer Square, with plans coming together for the transformation of the old Metropole Building a handsome 19th-century building to get a thoroughly modern makeover.
Built in 1892, a fire in 2007 nearly destroyed the building, and it’s been an unoccupied eyesore ever since. But! It’s about to get a total revamp after being purchased by the nonprofit Satterberg Foundation, with new exterior features, including new windows, rehabilitated stone, and the construction of two new stories (which is nowhere near enough the developers should be allowed, if not encouraged, to add at least six).
Rendering by BuildingWork
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Looking west, the main north portion of the building would get a new penthouse and roof decks; the addition would affect only the south end of the complex.
With architect BuildingWork, the nonprofit Satterberg Foundation intends to renovate and expand its vacant, derelict Metropole Building, which is just south of Yesler Way in Pioneer Square. This Wednesday will be the next review by the Pioneer Square Preservation Board for the project at 423 Second Ave. Ext. S.
The basic plan remains the same: a full seismic retrofit and restoration of the three-story north end of the building; and a two-story addition to the smaller south end, aka the Busy Bee Cafe building. That actually amounts to a restoration, since the Busy Bee lost two stories in the 1949 earthquake.