by PhinneyWood | Jan 13, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
City Librarian Marcellus Turner has been hosting “community conversations” throughout the city to ask Seattle Public Library patrons how the library system can better serve them in the future. Turner will host another meeting tonight (Monday) from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 10, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are some highlights of events in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Tonight is the monthly Art Up Artwalk in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood. Three-dozen galleries and other businesses are hosting artists in various...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 10, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s a roundup of various neighborhood news. The renovation of the building where Mae’s Phinney Ridge Café used to be has unearthed what looks like the original sign to the Phinney Ridge Café. KOMO recently had a great story on the Greenwood Senior Center’s...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 10, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
About 75 people attended the Early Design Review meeting last month for the proposed residential/retail project on the corner of North 68th Street and Greenwood Avenue North, which is currently an empty lot. Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development has...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 9, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The University of Washington’s Landscape Architecture Studio is studying how to design healthier neighborhoods, and its January through March quarter is focused on Greenwood and Phinney Ridge. Students are trying “to identify and envision ways of improving the...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 7, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The annual PNA Home Design & Remodel Fair on Sunday, Jan. 26, will bring together about 85 professionals to help homeowners with any remodeling project. Contractors, architects, suppliers, designers, landscape professionals, non-profit groups and permitting...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 7, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Public Library, United Way of King County and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) have joined efforts to offer free tax preparation services at 10 libraries. The closest locations to Phinney-Greenwood are the Broadview Branch, at 12755...
by Chris Maykut | Jan 6, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Update Jan. 13: The bike was found at the Greenwood Safeway by an eagle-eyed PhinneyWood reader! Earlier: Someone stole Terra Bella Flowers’ delivery bike from outside the shop on the corner of Greenwood Avenue North and North 74th Street sometime on Thursday...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 3, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Woodland Park Play Area, at the corner of Phinney Avenue North and North 59th Street, will close Monday for about three months as Seattle Parks and Recreation replaces play equipment and conducts other improvements, including better access to all. Construction should...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 1, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Happy New Year to all our friends and neighbors in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood. We wish you all the best in 2014.