On Sundays, we feature a great shot of our park or neighborhood from the MyGreenLake Flickr Pool. This week’s photo, by Grundlepuck, is historical in nature. Shot in May 10, 2008, it features the roadside sign from the now-closed Green Lake Motel, which once operated out of 8900 Aurora Ave N. The Green Lake Motel was one of many roadside inns built when state Route 99 (a.k.a. Aurora Ave) was the main north-south arterial through Seattle. “The motel-ificication” of Route 99 took off in 1962, according Leonard Garfield of the Museum of History and Industry, who was quoted in this 2009 seattlepi.com Big Blog post. 1962…
April 2011
April 23, 2011 at 5:33PM
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Green Lake real estate by the numbers: Inventory is low and multiple offers are back
This update on the Green Lake real estate market comes to us via Daniela Dombrowski & Kris Murphy of The Murphy & Dombrowski Real Estate Group. In zip codes 98103, 98105 and 98115 inventory for single family homes has dropped to some of the lowest levels we have seen over the last four years. There are fewer homes on the market than last spring when the tax credit was in effect but they are selling at the same rate. Buyer demand is starting to outpace available homes on the market. This makes for very favorable selling conditions in those areas. Months…
April 22, 2011 at 5:26PM
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Boat rentals available at the Greenlake Boathouse this weekend
The Greenlake Boathouse, which rents boats and stand-up paddle (SUP) boards for use on Green Lake, is opening for the season tomorrow (Saturday, April 23, 2011). The boathouse will be open this Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., and daily after that, weather permitting. Starting Memorial Day weekend, the boathouse will be open seven days a week through the end of August. In September, it is open on weekends only, and it is closed October through March. The Greenlake Boathouse is located near East Green Lake Beach, at 7351 E Green Lake Dr N. Kayaks, canoes, pedal boats, row boats, and stand-up paddle boards…
April 22, 2011 at 3:50PM
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Green Lake’s Streetwise Gardener: Creative climbers
By Erica Browne Grivas If your Green Lake garden needs a little excitement, or if you’re simply running out of standard issue growing space, make like a skyscraper: go up. Often forgotten, the vertical plane adds depth and visual interest to any scene. The support structure you choose – whether teepee, arbor, gate, pole, column, wall or trellis – can help divide and define garden “rooms,” screen unwanted views, add privacy, and especially add beauty to your yard. These structures can be temporary, like sunflower houses or pea tunnels made of twigs or wire, or as permanent and elaborate as a Moon…
April 22, 2011 at 3:35PM
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Green Lake’s Seattle Public Theater offers tickets to Intiman Theater subscribers
Last Saturday (April 16, 2011), the Intiman Theatre announced that, due to financial and operational instability, it would close for the rest of the season. (You can read more about the cancellation of the season on The SunBreak.) On Wednesday, the Intiman announced that 2011 season subscribers holding tickets to the four canceled productions in 2011 will be able to exchange their remaining tickets at several performing arts organizations, including Green Lake’s Seattle Public Theater (7312 West Green Lake Dr N). “In the three days following the announcement of Intiman’s 2011 season closure,” a press release from the Intiman reads, “17 organizations rallied to…
