Fort Lawton

former Fort Lawton site, Seattle

Fort Lawton is former United States Army post located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington overlooking Puget Sound. In 1973 a large majority of the property, 534 acres of Fort Lawton, was given to the city of Seattle and dedicated as Discovery Park. Both the Fort and the nearby residential neighborhood of Lawton Wood are named after Maj. Gen. Henry Ware Lawton.

While Fort Lawton was a quiet outpost prior to World War II, it became the second largest port of embarkation of soldiers and materiel to the Pacific Theater during the war. The fort was included in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list. Fort Lawton officially closed on September 14, 2011.

 

Proposed Affordable Housing development

Groover, Heidi. "Could Wealthy Neighbors Kill Seattle's Plan to Build Affordable Housing in Magnolia (Again)?" The Stranger, DEC 14, 2017. 

from Seattle 4 Everyone: 
"Fenced-off, vacant, surplus public land in Magnolia near Discovery Park could become 200 affordable homes, but only w/ support from Seattle neighbors. Join us at the public hearing on January 9th to support this common sense proposal!"
https://www.facebook.com/events/1511536802297711/

 

Public Hearing, 9 Jan 2018:

Watch Live: Public Hearing Over Affordable Housing at Fort Lawton
thanks to The Stranger • Jan 9, 2018 at 6:18 pm: 
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/01/09/25695314/watch-live-public-hearing-over-affordable-housing-at-fort-lawton
 

Kshama Sawant, Seattle Councilmember, is in attendance, and posted on Twitter a picture of her Fort Lawton (see below). 

 

Welcoming Wallingford @WelcomingWally 9 Jan 2018: 
"@ethanpg made a great point that Yesler Terrace will have 5,000 homes on the same amount of land.  Fort Lawton could hold hundreds more homes than the current plan! #FortLawton." 

 

Policy flier from Councilmember Kshama Sawant

Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s flier, part 1

Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s flier, part 2

 

 

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References 

• Groover, Heidi. "Could Wealthy Neighbors Kill Seattle's Plan to Build Affordable Housing in Magnolia (Again)?" The Stranger, DEC 14, 2017. 
  https://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/12/14/25630833/could-wealthy-neighbors-kill-seattles-plan-to-build-affordable-housing-in-magnolia-again.