PAX Prime, Local ‘Up’ House Movie & More News

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

By Kirsten Abel August 27, 2015

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Gamer Gathering: PAX Prime starts tomorrow at several venues in downtown Seattle. PAX is one of the largest gaming conventions in North America, so be prepared for lots of costumed gaming fans to be out and about this weekend. This year, the PAX schedule includes concerts, an exhibit hall where you can see unreleased games and equipment, a console-free play space, a handheld gaming lounge, panels on various gaming topics, an area for PC games and an area to play tabletop games.

Up 2.0: The late Edith Macefield’s Ballard house, you know the one that has been compared to the house in the Pixar movie Up, is getting its own movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Gluck will direct the move. His recent films include Easy A and Annie. Macefield lived in the house, which was built about 100 years ago, until she died in 2008. She allegedly turned down a $1 million offer for the home from developers who wanted to build a mall in the area. When she refused to leave, they built the mall around her house. Barry Martin, the superintendent of the new building project actually became friends with Macefield, and when Macefield died she willed the house to him. The movie will be about the two’s relationship.

Spendy Seattle: The New York Times compared home prices in three cities this week: Portland, Maine; Seattle; and Onancock, Virginia. With a budget of $785,000, you can buy a six-bedroom, 4,686 square-foot beautiful house with a pool in Portland. The same price gets you a 1,922 square-foot, three bedroom slightly less beautiful cabin in Onancock, but on 175 acres. Can you guess what $785,000 buys you in Seattle? A 750 square-foot floating house on Lake Union. I mean, living on the water would be cool, but that’s $1,033 per square foot (the Maine house is $168 per square foot). And also, the bathtub is made of a hollowed out cedar log, which I’m not so sure is a good thing.

New Lu.: According to KOMO News, Seattle designer Jenny Fort launched the fall and winter collection of her fashion line, Lu., last night. The collection, called Understory, is Fort’s second and features pants, jackets, and sweaters that all move and breathe. There are no standard sizes. Instead, you can choose petite, regular, or tall. Fort’s new line can be found online, at Les Amis, Velouria, or Seven Sisters in Portland.

 

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