by Chris Maykut | Oct 31, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Who cares if it’s raining, as long as you can still trick-or-treat? That seemed to be the theme at the annual Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce-sponsored trick-or-treat event along Greenwood Avenue Saturday afternoon. The sidewalks were teeming with...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 29, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
After three years of preparation and a lot of elbow grease, the remodel of the Chocolati Café in Greenwood is complete with additional floor space, later business hours and “Movie Nights” every Monday at 7 p.m. “We really just wanted to make it the neighborhood...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mike V sent us some pictures of a well-decorated Halloween yard at North 70th Street and Linden Avenue North. And here’s a closeup of those skulls. Send us your photos of great Halloween decorations so we can post them this weekend.
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Erik tells us he found an iPhone on 85th Street in Greenwood this morning. Email him at [email protected] and describe the image on the lockscreen if it’s yours.
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Wondering which of your neighbors will be giving out candy this Halloween? Ballard resident John Tynes created a trick or treat map to show which homes in the neighborhood will open their doors to trick or treaters Sunday night. Since it was such a great idea, the...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 29, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Volunteers continue to work on the new community garden at Greenwood Park. Vision Greenwood Park, a volunteer group, is organizing the work parties at the park, located between Fremont and Evanston avenues north of 87th Street. Dozens of volunteers at a previous work...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 28, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Plenty of trick-or-treating and other Halloween events in our neighborhood and nearby this weekend. Here’s what we know; let us know if we’ve missed anything. Both the Ballard Community Center at 6020 28th Ave. NW and the the Loyal Heights Community Center at 2101 NW...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 28, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood Streetscapes has been working with blocks of residents to figure out how to get sidewalks and safer pedestrian walkways in Greenwood. The group’s fourth workshop is tonight and will focus on North 102nd Street from Greenwood Avenue North to Dayton...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 27, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
West Woodland Elementary at 5601 4th Ave. NW dedicated its improved playground and new rain garden this morning. Here’s the student choir singing. And here’s Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith shaking hands with West Woodland Principal Marilyn Loveness....
by Chris Maykut | Oct 27, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Last week we put out a call for photos of a Day in the Life of Greenwood, as a way to celebrate the neighborhood making it through the one-year anniversary of the massive arson that destroyed four businesses in downtown Greenwood. Here are a few photos we received....