by Chris Maykut | Oct 31, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
You can get your Halloween off to an early start with some trick or treating at Greenwood and Phinney businesses at the Safe Trick or Treat from 12-3 p.m. today. Participating businesses have an orange poster in their windows, and they’ll pass out treats to costumed...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 31, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
So many people want to know how to help the victims of last week’s horrible arson at 85th and Greenwood, here’s a recap, and some new info. Sanctuary Church, which held services inside Taproot Theatre and created the Green Bean Coffee House, set up the Greenwood Fire...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
There’s a new blog in town covering crime across the city, SeattleCrime.com. Jonah Spangenthal-Lee wrote to us this morning to let us know about an article he just posted about an attempted abduction and robbery that happened last week in north Greenwood. The...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
It’s time to “fall back” and set your clocks back one hour when you go to bed Saturday night for Daylight Saving Time. And the Seattle Fire Department reminds you to change the batteries in your smoke alarm this weekend as well, especially in light...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Fire Department reports that last week’s fire that destroyed four businesses and damaged several others was arson, and had been set inside the Green Bean Coffee House. According to Helen Fitzpatrick, spokeswoman for Seattle Fire, “The fire was...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Friends of the Green Bean Coffee House, which was destroyed by last week’s fire, are gathering at Romio’s Pizza at 8 p.m. tonight to figure out where to go from here. Friends of the Green Bean will be gathering to look ahead and discuss the future. We hope...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
8 Limbs Yoga (a PhinneyWood sponsor) announced in August that it was moving into the Fini condos on Greenwood Ave. N. and N. 68th St. sometime this fall. Director Anne Phyfe Palmer told me this morning that they’ve now got an official opening date set for Saturday,...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A number of people commented in the forum over the last few days that Roosters Breakfast Club at 6020 Phinney Ave. N. appears closed. I stopped by there Wednesday night and saw a hand-written sign on the front door saying they were closed temporarily, but would reopen...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 27, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Fire Department reports that fire investigators are on the scene of last Friday’s devastating fire that destroyed four businesses in downtown Greenwood. The investigators couldn’t get in until today because they were waiting for contractors to...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 27, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Just a reminder that you can help plan a new park somewhere in Greenwood-Phinney. The Seattle Parks Department will meet with neighborhood folks from 6-7:45 p.m. next Monday, Nov. 2, at the Greenwood Library. If you know of a spot in the neighborhood that would make a...