by PhinneyWood | Sep 21, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Public Library is changing its name – slightly. A rebranding campaign would change it to Seattle Public Libraries. The library is seeking public input on that, as well as three new logo options, through an online survey. “The Seattle Public Library is...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 21, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
State Representatives Reuven Carlyle (D-Queen Anne) and Gael Tarleton (D-Ballard) are hosting “Coffee and Conversation” in four Seattle neighborhoods this Saturday, including Greenwood. They want to hear from constituents in the 36th legislative district, which...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 21, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s a roundup of various neighborhood and city news. The Angry Beaver is conducting a Go Fund Me campaign to raise money to help the hockey-themed pub survive. Tim Pipes opened the Angry Beaver in Seattle in 2012 as a mecca for hockey fans in a city that has...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 18, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
This is the first year for Seattle Department of Transportation’s Summer Parkways events, which closes down several miles of streets to vehicles and opens them up for walkers, bikers and skaters to enjoy live music, family activities, puppet shows, skateboard...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 18, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are a few highlights of what’s happening in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Phinney Farmers Market from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 18, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Department of Planning and Development is holding an early design guidance meeting on Oct. 19 for Phinney Flats, the proposed housing development at 6726 Greenwood Ave. N., which would replace the building currently housing Ed’s Kort Haus and the Stumbling Goat...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 17, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Friday is international PARK(ing) Day, where community groups and neighbors create temporary pop-up parks in on-street parking spots, to raise awareness about safer streets, and healthy, sustainable, livable cities. Each installation includes creative furnishings,...
by Chris Maykut | Sep 17, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Sean tells us someone broke into his car on North 100th Street between Evanston and Dayton avenues last night. They jimmied the lock and emptied the contents of the glove compartment and center console onto the seats and floor, and stole a backpack out of the trunk....
by PhinneyWood | Sep 16, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Steven Cole Salon will provide free haircuts for the homeless from 2-4 p.m. Thursday at 309 N. 84th St. in Greenwood. The event is for people living on the streets. Urban Hands, the non-profit arm of The Upper Crust Catering, just a block away from the salon, is...
by PhinneyWood | Sep 16, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood author Dennis Ortblad has just published “The Berlin-Breslau Affair,” a thriller about an American diplomat’s pursuit of an international ring that is smuggling Nazi gold and art treasures excavated in Poland. It’s fortuitous timing, after recent news...