by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Northwest District Council meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. On the agenda: A representative of Sound Transit will discuss a Link Light Rail system that would go beyond Northgate, and how it would serve communities in the...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Volunteers of America’s Greenwood Food Bank is in urgent need of drivers and delivery assistants to help pick up food donations from local grocery stores. Drivers are needed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Delivery Assistants (who ride along with the...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Laura tells us that a suspicious looking man with a grey ponytail has been seen checking out people’s garages in the neighborhood on several occasions. The first was near 65th and 2nd last Wed or Thurs. Wednesday evening a car parked on the street has a fastened...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 21, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Woodland Park Zoo is hosting an open house from 5-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, to show neighbors designs for its reconfiguration of the North parking lot. The open house will be in the zoo’s ARC building, next to the West entrance, at 5500 Phinney Ave. N. The...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 21, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Department of Transportation crews will remove loose curb and uplifted sidewalk on the east side of Aurora Avenue North just south of North 85th Street this weekend. SDOT crews will begin work at 8 a.m. Saturday. On Sunday, SDOT’s Urban Forestry crews...
by PhinneyWood | Feb 21, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
If you’ve got young children, chances are they rode the mechanical pony that sat in front of the Greenwood Fred Meyer for years (my son was obsessed). Now, after numerous requests to bring the pony back, Store Director Pete Laudadio had the horse refurbished and...
by PhinneyWood | Feb 20, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Woodland Park Zoo is holding a contest to name two of its four new lion cubs (zoo staff will name the other two). Washington state residents can submit possible names starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, through March 15. Photo by Ryan Hawk, Woodland Park Zoo. The...
by PhinneyWood | Feb 20, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mai Thaiku has finally opened in the former Gaspare Italian Ristorante space at 6705 Greenwood Ave. N. It is the reincarnation of Thaiku, which was in Ballard for a decade before closing last year. This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago as landscapers worked out...
by PhinneyWood | Feb 19, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
(This is a sponsored story written by John Madrid, Managing Broker with John L. Scott Real Estate). “A house, a house, my kingdom for a house.” If you are in the market for a new home you can probably empathize with Shakespeare’s King Richard III. Single-family homes,...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 19, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Phinney Neighborhood Preschool Co-op is looking for donations for its huge bi-annual Gently Used Kid’s Clothing and Gear Sale, set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, in the Brick Building. Clothing and gear for sale...
