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VIDEO: What’s next, and ahead, for Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge, now that it has...
(WSB photo: New owner Dennis Schilling looks at SWSHS’s Clay Eals holding historic photo of Fir Lodge) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor “Is this a dream?” That’s what City Councilmember Tom...
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Logs arrive for early restoration work at Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge
(Dennis Schilling, Alki Homestead owner, shows the logs he has just transported to its parking lot) Two and a half months after Dennis Schilling bought the Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge, there are visible...
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VIDEO: Alki, Schmitz Park Elementaries help Southwest Seattle Historical...
(Substituted Friday night: Jean Sherrard‘s panorama, courtesy SWSHS – see WSB view at story’s end) ORIGINAL 11:13 AM REPORT: We’re on the lawn at the Alki Homestead / Fir Lodge, where a short ceremony...
View ArticleVIDEO: See inside the Alki Homestead as restoration continues
Thanks to Clay Eals, executive director of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, for sharing the video and the following report as the first round of restoration work continues at the...
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West Seattle 4th of July scene: ‘This Place Still Matters’
With the first phase of the Alki Homestead‘s restoration under way, the years of uncertainty about its future are receding further into memory. But today, there was a tribute to one moment along the...
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3 West Seattle landmarks get $ boost from Building for Culture
(WSB photo from February) Three landmark buildings in West Seattle are getting a boost from a county cultural-grant program. (SW Seattle Historical Society photo from May: Dennis Schilling, Alki...
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Restoring the Alki Homestead: Landmarks Board committee briefed as next...
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Next Wednesday afternoon, the full city Landmarks Preservation Board will formally consider the Alki Homestead‘s restoration plans. As a prelude, Homestead...
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FOLLOWUP: Alki Homestead ‘rehabilitation’ plan gets full Landmarks Board...
(Added: Drawing of east [front] side of Alki Homestead’s rehab plan – see full PDF here. See west side here, south side here) The rehabilitation plan for the historic Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge has...
View ArticleVIDEO: Alki Homestead’s neon sign readied for restoration
As part of the Alki Homestead / Fir Lodge restoration and remodeling, the former restaurant’s neon sign has finally been taken down, to await its part of the facelift. The sign had been vandalized...
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West Seattle restaurants: Alki Homestead to become Italian eatery Il Nido
(WSB photo, 2013) Almost 10 years after a fire shut down the Alki Homestead, its food future has been announced. Not fried chicken. Just out of the WSB inbox: Mike Easton and his wife Victoria are...
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VIDEO: As Alki Homestead’s neon sign returns, Il Nido restaurant plans take...
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor The Alki Homestead‘s neon sign is back atop the landmark log building by the beach. Among those there to watch as Western Neon returned it this morning were...
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FOLLOWUP: Il Nido opens tomorrow at historic Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge
(WSB photo, last week) Eight months after West Seattle-residing Chef Mike Easton announced he would open Il Nido in the historic Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge, he revealed today that it’s opening tomorrow...
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ALKI HOMESTEAD: A look inside, and a look back, just before the landmark’s...
(WSB photos by Patrick Sand) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Tonight, the Alki Homestead reopens as a restaurant, almost 10 1/2 years after a fire shut it down. While the new restaurant, Il...
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CONGRATULATIONS! Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge wins Historic Seattle award
(WSB photo from May) 10 years ago – months after the fire that ravaged its interior – the Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge (2717 61st SW) appeared on an “endangered properties” list. But now it’s been rescued,...
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Alki restaurant Il Nido up for national James Beard Foundation Award
(2019 WSB photo) Il Nido, Chef Mike Easton‘s mega-popular restaurant at the historic-landmark Alki Homestead, is up for one of the food world’s most prestigious awards. The James Beard Foundation...
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