A derelict house that neighbors said was being used by delinquents and the homeless was destroyed this week by Seattle Parks and Recreation.
As a neighbor living two lots from the property, we’ve watched as the abandoned house has been repeatedly broken into by teens, the homeless, and others. The police have responded to this location several times and have found evidence of drug use, fires built in the home, and even recovered stolen property found in the home.
The house was at the intersection of Northeast 105th Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast. That’s now part of Thornton Creek Park No. 6, which is ma
naged by the parks department, and will be left as open space.
Thornton Creek forms Seattle’s largest watershed, draining 11.6 square miles before flowing into Lake Washington at Matthews Beach.
The giant tree that lives right by the demolished house? It’s still there.
