Remember the traffic safety signs we told you about recently? The gaggle of them on NW 73rd St. just west of Greenwood Avenue got some drivers steamed, while others appreciated the heads-up to slow down. Well, we just got a note from Etta, who tells us her husband,...
Ben and Molly sent us this note this morning about a car break-in last night in Greenwood: My car was broken into last night, Oct 20th. The car is a 2007 Grey Honda Accord and was parked uphill on the NE corner of 90th and Greenwood. The passenger side front window...
Steve and Carrie Shepard took over as owners of the Pig ‘n Whistle last Monday. We lived in the neighborhood 10 years ago. The Pig was our weekend breakfast place and once in a while evening place. I saw an ad on Craigslist a couple months ago and asked which place it...
Greenwood Hardware owner Mike Radice called us this morning to say that someone tried to break one of the store’s windows last night. It happened just before 9 p.m. Fortunately, neighbors heard the ruckus and called police. “Three people from across the...
The Phinney Neighborhood Center hosts its annual Day of the Dead celebration at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 6th. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) begins with a candelight procession and ends with a festival at the Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Add your own...
This hungry, hungry hippo is getting ready for Woodland Park Zoo’s annual Pumpkin Bash this weekend. Various animals throughout the zoo will munch on pumpkin treats. Photo by Lori Veres, WPZ. The pumpkin treats are part of the zoo’s ongoing enrichment program to help...
The Phinney Neighborhood Association is looking recruiting new board members for 2010. The Board participates in setting the strategy and goals of the PNA. If you are interested in learning more, contact Lori Oliver, Vice President of the PNA Board, at...
Here are a few tidbits we’ve collected from around the neighborhood this last week: Wayward Coffeehouse at 8570 Greenwood Ave. N. now offers gluten-free pastries, for those with allergies. “We will now have two gluten-free cookies from the WOW! Bakery:...
The old signs for Bartell, Blockbuster and Top Ten Toys on 85th Street came down last week and were replaced with new signs, as part of the larger Piper Village development. Here are the old signs coming down (thanks, John, for the photo). And here’s what it...
Fast becoming a neighborhood Halloween fixture, the 18-foot tall Greenwood Reaper is being installed on his perch at the corner of 3rd Avenue NW and NW 76th Street today. Here’s his creator, Jason Lescott, draping landscape fabric over the rebar torso and...
