Seattle Department of Transportation tells us that the westbound lanes of 85th St. at the Greenwood Avenue intersection are back open today, after the road was repaired following a water main break that flooded the intersection three weeks ago. Marybeth Turner says...
Woodland Park Zoo announces its Fall Fecal Fest, when local gardeners go crazy for animal waste to fertilize their gardens. Here’s a pile of the steaming Zoo Doo, as it’s called (photo by Ryan Hawk, WPZ): Because of contaminants found in earlier piles...
Don’t forget that all branches of the Seattle Public Library are closed all this week for a furlough to save the library system money. The libraries also will be closed next Monday for Labor Day. All branches will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Book drops are...
Hundreds of people played and ate at the Greenwood Park party on Sunday, while looking at design possibilities for future expansion. Olive You, My. Gyros and Molly Moon’s donated food, as did a number of neighbors who took turns on grilling duty. Thanks to David...
Harlequin Source School is a unique movement studio that unifies dance, circus, martial arts, and yoga into one incredibly cool space inside SPACE: A Design Build Collective at 7601 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 103. Harlequin is now introducing classes for the community....
The prototype solar-powered ATM recently installed in the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s upper parking lot has been removed after getting “fried” by too much power coming from its solar cell array, according to the PNA. All that remains is a gray...
The city Design Review Board will meet Sept. 14 to go over designs and take public comment for the 6010 Phinney project. The project would demolish the current building, housing Roosters, Chef Liao, Daily Planet Antiques and Phinney Ridge Cleaners, and build a...
We were tickled by the entrepreneurial spirit of Meredith Clark who set up a manual typewriter and a simple “Poetry Store” sign at the Phinney Farmers Market on Friday. People would give her a theme. She’d ask a few questions, ponder possibilities,...
Montessori Garden moved into the Phinney Neighborhood Center earlier this year and is now offering half-day and full-day programs for ages 3-6. Half days run from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12:30-4 p.m. The full day class is 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open houses for the...
Couth Buzzard, the beloved used bookstore that closed last year after 20 years next to Ken’s Market on Greenwood Avenue and 73rd, is reopening two doors down from the post office, at 8310 Greenwood Ave. N. I noticed a hand-written sign on the door yesterday, and...