On Tuesdays, we publish a vintage postcard from Green Lake’s past. These postcards were generously scanned and shared with us by Green Lake residents Mark and Mary Griffin. You can view previously-published postcards here (sorry we missed last week!). This week’s card features a brightly-colored view of the Green Lake loop. “Green Lake is the smallest of three freshwater lakes within Seattle’s city limits,” the undated card reads. “The other two, Lake Washington and Lake Union are connected with salt-water Puget Sound by the eight-mile long Lake Washington ship-canal.” This postcard was published by the Metropolitan Photo Co., which describes it as…
March 2011
March 28, 2011 at 8:00PM
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Your input on aging sought by Aging and Disability Services
Aging and Disability Services (ADS), a division of the City of Seattle Human Services Department, is looking for community input from King County residents. Every four years, ADS prepares a new Area Plan on Aging for King County, which guides the agency’s work. Residents of all ages are invited to complete an online questionnaire, which will inform development of strategies to promote quality of life, independence, and choice for older people and adults with disabilities, to be carried out over the next four years. “We especially encourage people who are age 60 or older, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers to respond,”…
March 28, 2011 at 2:16PM
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2011 Camp Fire USA summer day camp at Woodland Park
Camp Fire USA has opened registration for their 2011 summer day camps, including a camp at Woodland Park. The Woodland Park camp will run July 25-29, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The cost is $175 for Camp Fire USA members and $200 for non-members. “Day Camp is about doing, not watching,” Janelle Kitson, Day Camp Program Manager at Camp Fire USA says. “It’s about enjoying nature and living outdoors, and working together with kids from a variety of socioeconomic, racial, cultural, religious, and disabled populations.” Camp Fire USA Day Camps operate using volunteer staff. The program is currently seeking volunteers. Youth in grades 8 –…
March 28, 2011 at 9:52AM
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All welcome at Freeway Estates Community Orchard work party
A team of east Green Lake neighbors who are developing an orchard on a strip of public land are holding a community work party. All are welcome to join in and lend a hand at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 9 a.m. If it rains, the event will be rescheduled to Sunday April 17, 1 p.m. Projects include clipping blackberries, filling holes with cut grass, clearing a native rose patch, and planting native wildflower seeds. The Freeway Estates Community Orchard is located on the west side of I-5, near NE 60th St. You can learn more about the project here. …
March 27, 2011 at 2:03PM
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Sunday Photo: The arch at Green Lake Park
On Sundays, we feature a great shot of our park or neighborhood from the MyGreenLake Flickr Pool. This week’s photo, by Curtis Cronn, was shot on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Green Lake Park. It features the arch at the end of the Green Lake Shade Plaza, which is located on the east side of the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N). The historic arch was installed at Green Lake Park in the spring of 2009. Prior to being moved to Green Lake, the City of Seattle had been keeping it in storage. The arch originally was located at the…
