The Seattle Department of Transportation will soon be installing a new left-turn arrow — a “protected left turn” — at Aurora Ave N at Winona Ave N. The new signal will provide northbound traffic on Aurora Ave N the opportunity to turn westbound onto Winona Ave N before the light changes green for oncoming southbound traffic. The signal will be installed by the end of June.
May 2011
May 16, 2011 at 8:35AM
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‘Reading, Writing, and Doing Camp’ coming this summer to Green Lake
Mom, writer, and school counselor Annie Gage is offering a day camp this summer in Green Lake. The camp’s home base will be the Fireplace Room above Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE). The week-long Reading, Writing, and Doing Camp is open to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders ”who love to read, write, make stuff, and explore.” The camp will be offered three times this summer: July 18-22, 2011: Art and Artists July 25-29, 2011: Magic and Mayhem August 15-19, 2011: Secrets and Mysteries More information can be found here.
May 15, 2011 at 7:25PM
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Duck settles in at Green Lake Elementary School – UPDATED with photos of the ducklings walking to Green Lake
Students at Green Lake Elementary School (2400 N 65th St) have been playing host to a duck who has made a nest right in front of the school’s office door. The duck has been sitting on her nest for two weeks. “We have cones up and a string around the area with a kid-made sign warning passers by not to disturb her,” says Angela Blemker, Kindergarten teacher. “We all feel pretty lucky she chose us as a safe haven, though I don’t really know what she was thinking. The kids don’t exactly walk gingerly in or out of the building each…
May 15, 2011 at 2:39PM
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Sunday Photo: Shimasen players raise money for tsunami relief
On Sundays, we feature a great shot of our park or neighborhood from the MyGreenLake Flickr Pool. This week’s photo, by Thad Westhusing, was taken yesterday afternoon (Saturday, May 14, 2011) on Stone Way N, near where it meets Green Lake Way N and N 50th St. “A quartet of shimasen players were giving a brief concert alongside a yard sale to raise funds for Japan tsunami relief,” says Thad, who was driving by at the time. He stopped to listen and snapped this photo with his iPhone: Thank you, Thad!
May 15, 2011 at 2:00PM
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From a bench grows a garden: A tribute to Josefa Diaz Barrazona at Green Lake Park
By Erica Browne Grivas Have you ever wondered who is responsible for the crescent-shaped mini-oasis in the shadow of Aurora Ave N along the west Green Lake path near the crosswalk at N 68th St? We found a crew of four taking advantage of Saturday’s dry moments to get in some maintenance time. The garden, which is called the “Crosswalk Rockery,” started with the bench. Three family members of Josefa Diaz Barrazona bought the memorial bench for $500 in 2000 from Seattle Parks and Recreation, but decided to go all out with the garden, promising to maintain it themselves. Barrazona, who lived…
