by Chris Maykut | Feb 23, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Tonight’s meeting of the city’s Northwest District Council will discuss the upcoming repaving of North and Northwest 85th Street, an update by the WA State Department of Transportation on replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall, the restructuring of the...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 23, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
GAIN (Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors) is hosting another neighborhood cleanup at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 5. This time we are joining forces with our neighbors from the GAIN groups north of us, so let’s show them a good turnout. It will be an all-GAIN...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 23, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood-Phinney ArtWalk is looking for neighborhood artists for the big annual event on May 13 and 14. The annual ArtWalk is what set the stage for the neighborhood’s monthly Art Up Art Walk, now in its third year. The May ArtWalk is always a big deal, drawing...
by PhinneyWood | Feb 23, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Light snow started falling Tuesday afternoon across the neighborhood in a preview of what’s expected Wednesday and into Thursday, according to the weather report. Here it starts to blanket the play field at West Woodland Park near the corner of North 59th...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mayor Mike McGinn will give his annual State of the City address at 2 p.m. today. You can watch it live on the Seattle Channel. And the monthly Greenwood Community Council meeting is from 7-9 p.m. tonight at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N. On the agenda...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
For the last couple of Christmas seasons, Greenwood’s Top Ten Toys at 104 N. 85th St. has opened a seasonal store in Pacific Place downtown. It would normally close after the holidays, but this year, owner Allen Rickert says the downtown store is doing well...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 22, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
February is Children’s Dental Health Month, so the Greater Seattle Dental Hygienists’ Society is providing free dental exams, sealants and fluoride treatments to children ages 4-18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 at Shoreline Community College’s Dental...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 21, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Victoria tells us that someone walked into their house through an unlocked door while they were home on North 77th Street between Fremont and Linden avenues on Saturday night, took their truck keys, then stole their 2004 White Toyota Tundra TMG. They also stole an...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 20, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The former Berserk Games, now called Card Kingdom, at 7217 Greenwood Ave. N., is moving to a much larger space in Ballard in April. Card Kingdom/Berserk Games is moving from Phinney to Ballard. The current building is about 1,000 square feet. The new building at...
by Chris Maykut | Feb 19, 2011 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Patient Resource Center (SPaRC) opened quietly last June on the top of the gray building on the northeast corner of Greenwood Avenue North and North 72nd Street. The medical marijuana dispensary bills itself as a full-service “aftercare” facility, serving...
