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The Urbanist
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You do love to see it! Africatown Plaza groundbreaking ceremony Saturday bringing 126 affordable homes to the CD in a community-designed Afrocentric building.
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Girmay Zahilay
@GirmayZahilay
Breaking ground with @AfricatownSEA and Community Roots Housing for AfricaTown Plaza, the affordable mixed-use development in the CD!
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As CM Zahilay said, #Africatown has provided a model for delivering community-centered social housing and community services.
@MayorofSeattle
underscored the importance to combatting displacement.
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Mayor Bruce Harrell
@MayorofSeattle
As someone who grew up in the Central District, I know how important it is to protect livability and combat displacement in our neighborhoods. The new @AfricatownCLT plaza will bring vitally needed community-led affordable housing, commercial, and cultural space to Seattle.
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Mayor Harrell and others at groundbreaking wearing hardhats and digging with shovels surrounded by balloon arch
Mayor Harrell speaking at podium at groundbreaking event
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Architects worked with the Africatown community to create a design that eschews more angular eurocentric architecture for a rounded design intended to be reminiscent of traditional African architecture, with earthen tones breaking from Seattle's typical modernist color palate.
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