by Chris Maykut | Jan 19, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood Streetscapes is having another workshop to help residents improve pedestrian safety, parking and possibly install sidewalks. Sunday’s workshop, from 4-6 p.m., is for neighbors who live on North 102nd Street, from Greenwood Avenue North to Dayton Avenue...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 18, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Melanie sent us a note about someone breaking into her garage to steal bicycles: Sometime on Friday night, Jan 14th, someone broke into our garage, located near 78th & Dayton. They stole four bicycles, but abandoned one at 75th & Dayton because it had flat...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 18, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Kyle sent us a note about an incident that happened this weekend: Sunday evening (last night) a car drove up my street (heading north on Dayton b/t 63rd & 64th) and shot a BB through the passenger window of my friend’s car that was parked on the street. We...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 16, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Jen sent us a note about a huge dog she saw roaming the neighborhood all alone. Do you know who he belongs to? There is a gigantic, black and white male American Bulldog or Pitbull roaming around. Ran in to him with my dogs on 70th and Dayton, had a squabble (my dog...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 15, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Utilities will pick up garbage, recycling, and food and yard waste like normal on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. The city’s North Recycling and Disposal Station in Fremont/Wallingford will be open normal business hours, from 8 a.m. to 5:30...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 15, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The “Mini-B” passive house was installed in the lower parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., last month, and the official open house is from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The Mini-B during its installation on Dec. 12, 2009. The...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 14, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Now that the Phinney Market at 5918 Phinney Ave. N. will close at the end of the month, the store is marking down everyting in its inventory. Clearance items are marked up to 50 percent off, and they’re giving an additional 15 percent off everything except deli,...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 14, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle branch of the nationwide School of Rock is looking to move from Lake City to Greenwood. School of Rock provides music education for kids from ages 7 to 18, with the goal being to perform in front of a live audience. General Manager Kristoffer Kierulff told...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 13, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The monthly Art Up Artwalk in Greenwood-Phinney is from 6-9 p.m. Friday night, and they’re celebrating the release of the new promotional poster. About 30 businesses are participating. Here are a few highlights: Rockwell Realty, 8315 Greenwood Ave. N., presents...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 13, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The neighborhood is invited to a retirement party for Beth Pflug, who until two weeks ago was the coordinator for the Northwest Neighborhood Service Center, located in Greenwood. She helped people connect with various parts of city government, as well as social...