Dick’s Drive-In evokes insane quantities of loyalty from Seattleites—partially as a result of it transports us to an period when a meal may very well be bought for pocket change, fast-food staff wore enjoyable paper hats, and hamburger stands opened up store on the chopping fringe of structure. It is so Seattle, we ranked each single Dick’s to search out one of the best one.
Consider it or not, this has one thing to do with actual property. Seattle architect Raymond H. Peck designed a few of the earliest Dick’s Drive-ins; he additionally designed this dwelling. Just like the time we featured a home constructed by the architect behind the House Needle, this can be a constructing with influential roots. And in some methods, this one appears even extra Seattle.
The glossy, geometric dwelling would possibly really feel like a departure from the drive-in. However behind the form-and-function of all of it lurks a kitschy underbelly of ceiling tiles, wild metallic wallpaper, and wood-paneled every part.
Although some would possibly contemplate them dated, even the house’s most retro options want solely slight stylistic jostling to seize old-school cool. Just like the kitchen’s authentic wooden cupboards and strange paneled fridge, which admittedly look much more midcentury than trendy. Or the huge low-ceilinged porch, which might simply grow to be a top-tier all-weather occasion house.
Talking of events: A number of the dwelling’s interval options make us ask why we ever stopped constructing that method. Like the home’s two floor-to-ceiling, built-in moist bars. Spectacular stone fireplaces, clerestory home windows, and uncovered beams additionally remind us of the period’s best architectural contributions.
On the heart of all of it, a large wall of glass turns the whole predominant flooring into one panoramic view of timber and water, interrupted solely as soon as by a Piet Mondrian–esque sq. of drywall. Image home windows not often deserve as a lot consideration because the view they’re meant to border—particularly after they’re hooked up to a home going through Lake Washington from the residential peak of Sand Level—however these come shut. Elsewhere, frameless nook home windows blur the road between the house and its woodsy surrounds. (They’re additionally somewhat trippy. In a great way.)
The sale of the house is already pending. For true Seattleites who know what it’s like to go away Dick’s with a sizzling hamburger in hand mere seconds after ordering, that can come as no shock.
Itemizing Quick Details
6655 NE Windermere Street Seattle, WA 98115
Measurement: 5,020 sq. toes, 4 bedrooms, 4 bogs
Record Worth: $2,850,000
Record Date: 10/17/2024
Itemizing Agent: Tammy Heldridge and Barbara Shikiar, Windermere Actual Property
