The Ballou Wright Building

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The Building

“The Building” refers to the commercial building that dma.space resides in, on the second floor. If you take the stairs, please be aware that we are the third landing - the Mezzanine sits between ours and the ground floor.

We have no access to the roof, Mezzanine, Basement, or Utility Space. If access is needed to these, please reach a Board Member to contact the Landlord. In case of an emergency, escalate to Emergency Procedures.

Building Entrance

The building entrance is the street-facing entry on 12th Ave. You may find our entrance to the left of Overcast Coffee.

The building is guarded by the ButterflyMX system.

Ringing ButterflyMX

On the ButterflyMX system near the door, you'll be able to find our name on the contact list and ring us. Please only do this if necessary, meaning you don't see any other means of entering or contacting us.

Entering as a Member

If you're a member and have not done Member Onboarding, please do so first! You may refer to the Onboarding Playbook as well.

Once you're onboarded, you should have an IdP account capable of accessing internal pages. Then, continue to Internal/Accessing the Space.

History

Constructed in 1917, this building served as the headquarters for Oscar Ballou and Charles Wright's automotive parts enterprise.

Our current property owners acquired the Building in 2008-2010 and renovated it in 2012.

This site was used as the set for the reality TV show, “The Real World”, in 2016. You may see it listed on Google Maps as “'Real World: Seattle' (2016) house” as a result.

Our neighbors include tech and creative businesses alike, and other firms and offices. Please be kind to them and keep noise levels low when in common spaces.


Building layout, places and spaces

Main Stairwell

This is the Building's front stairway, next to the elevator.

These stairs connect all the major floors, and the Mezzanine, which is not the second floor, where we are.

First Floor

This is the ground floor of the Building.

This is where the Lobby resides, as well as the Building Entrance.

Mezzanine

This is unexplored territory, another tenant's rented space in the Building, and is off-limits.

This is the second landing on the stairs, and the “M” button and second level on the elevator; not to be confused with the proper second floor, which is one flight up.

Far future plans to occupy the Mezzanine have been a pipe-dream amongst spacegoers and members for some time now.

No further information is required at this time.

Second Floor

This is the floor on which dma.space resides.

It is on the third flight of stairs (past the Mezzanine, but it is considered the second level proper, as the lobby beneath the Mezzanine is a half-height storey.

As well as dma.space itself, you will find bathrooms, the “In Case of Robot Uprising” switch, a State Farm Insurance office, and several other presumably good neighbors.

Third Floor

This is the third floor, or the fourth flight of stairs, counting the Mezzanine.

Supposedly, its bathrooms have showers.

Not much else is known about this unexplored realm. Please fill in further details as they are discovered.

Utility Stairwell

This is at the back of the building.

Access to this stairwell is available from the second and third floors.

Access to the Utility Space, Roof and Rear Alley (Trash) are available from this stairwell.

Only use this for access to the Rear Alley for trash drop-off.

See the trash procedures for more information.

If you plan to re-enter through this door, hold it open.

Otherwise, ensure this door is closed at all times.

Utility Space

This is a quasi-floor of its own, sitting between the first floor and basement.

This houses electrical panels, meters, and possibly gas meters, gas shut-off valves network inlets, boilers and other plumbing, power and data/network for the shared accomodations.

No access to this area, except in emergency situations.

Basement

Off-limits. No access from stairs, door is locked from utility staircase and elevator access requires Key Card.

Building Roof

The roof of the building is strictly off-limits, and no access is provided to the roof. Do not attempt to access the roof.

We have requested, and been denied, either access to the roof, or professional placement of equipment upon the roof.

We will not continue to press the matter with our landlord.

High-altitude access to nearby buildings and locations is being investigated for placement of radio, free-space optical and wireless network equipment.

More pages

This page also serves as the root namespace for anything in the Building that is not within the Space, such as bathrooms, neighbors, elevators, stairwells, other floors/basement/roof, and the alternate exit routes.

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