by Chris Maykut | Oct 15, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A woman received minor injuries when her car jumped the curb and hit a light pole on Aurora Avenue North by Green Lake just before 5 p.m. Monday. Chris sent us a photo of the scene. Seattle Fire Department Public Information Office Kyle Moore tells us the woman, who...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 15, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Cliff tells us his car was stolen last Wednesday night, then recovered the following day, minus the bike rack, head rests and stereo. He’s trying to put a positive spin on the whole situation, asking for creative ideas to “replace” the stolen stereo....
by PhinneyWood | Oct 14, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
NW 65th Street from 8th to 3rd avenues NW can be claimed by both Phinney Ridge and Ballard. Now, there’s a group called Friends of NW 65th that is hoping to bring renewed interest to businesses and livability in the area. Check out the group’s Facebook page for daily...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 14, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
This month’s installment of Humanities Washington’s “Think & Drink” series is “Food for Thought: GMOs, Home-Cooked Meals, and the American Relationship to Food.” It starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Naked City Brewery & Taphouse, 8564 Greenwood Ave N. The...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 11, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Plenty of fun in the neighborhood this weekend. Here are a few highlights; check our Events calendar for more. The monthly Art Up Artwalk is from 6-9 p.m. Friday night at nearly four-dozen Greenwood-Phinney art galleries and businesses. Corinna Sinclair will present...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 10, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Developers just received a determination of non-significance for an environmental review of the site at 8727 Phinney Ave. N. where they plan to build a four-story, six-unit apartment building with a total of 40 “sleeping rooms,” commonly referred to as...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 10, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mayor Mike McGinn will visit the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St., from 12-1:30 p.m. Monday to answer questions about his first term in office and his plans for a second term if he wins in November. According to the GSC, challenger Sen. Ed Murray had...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 9, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., is extending its run of “The Matchmaker” by one week, through Oct. 26. This Thornton Wilder comedy about love and money inspired the Broadway hit “Hello, Dolly!” “The Matchmaker” is Taproot’s final regular season play of 2013. Its...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 9, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The annual Phabulous PhinneyWood Pig Out is tomorrow (Wednesday). Eat out early and often to help raise money for the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s Hot Meal Program. Thirty neighborhood restaurants, coffee shops and pubs will donate a portion of their sales that...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 9, 2013 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Department of Transportation has been working to improve the road and sidewalks around North 65th Street and Woodland/Linden avenues since August. The work was planned to be complete by the end of September, but early that month work was temporarily halted...