Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews are replacing concrete panels on Wallingford Ave N, in north Green Lake. Work began today (Tuesday, August 23, 2011) and will be completed in two stages. The final stage has an expected completion date of Friday, September 2. Work is currently being done on the block of Wallingford Ave N between N 82nd St and N 85th St. The street is closed, and Seattle Police officers are directing traffic around the closed street. Work is expected to continue on this block through Friday, August 26. Metro Route 48 will be rerouted in both directions until midnight on Saturday, August 27. Reroute details can be…
August 2011
August 23, 2011 at 11:06AM
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SDOT crews begin work on Wallingford Ave N today, expect street to re-open Sept. 2
August 22, 2011 at 11:15PM
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Rainbow ends in Green Lake
Many thanks to Roxanne Murphy for sharing this photo: “I was so very lucky indeed to catch this photo earlier tonight while exercising around Green Lake,” Roxanne says. “The pot of gold was the lake!!”
August 22, 2011 at 2:37PM
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Cat lost in east Green Lake: Have you seen Bubba? UPDATE: Bubba has been found
Update, 8:38 p.m. – Bubba was found at Green Lake Park. Bubba the cat has been missing for four days from his east Green Lake home. Have you seen Bubba? Please call the number on his collar or drop us a line at tips [at] mygreenlake.com and we’ll get you in touch with his owner.
August 22, 2011 at 1:50PM
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Seattle Police respond to “person with gun” dispatch at Green Lake Park
Seattle Police responded to Green Lake Park yesterday morning (Sunday, August 21, 2011) following a “person with a gun” dispatch to West Green Lake Way N at N 63rd St. The incident is being discussed on OpenCarry.org, a ”pro-gun Internet community focused on the right to openly carry properly holstered handguns in daily American life.” OpenCarry.org forum user “jsanchez” started a thread yesterday titled “Taken down at gun point at Greenlake today.” Jsanchez says that, following a walk around the lake, he was waiting for his wife at Green Lake Park. He saw a woman on the phone, and suspected that she may be calling…
August 21, 2011 at 4:11PM
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Dedications and remembrances found on Green Lake Park’s benches
Bronze plaques are installed at the foot of many of the benches at Green Lake Park. Park bench dedications are managed by the Seattle Parks Foundation. More information about the Bench Donation Program is available here. Yesterday (Saturday, August 20, 2011), David Carlos photographed some of the bench plaques at Green Lake Park and posted them to MyGreenLake’s facebook wall: Thanks, David! Related: From a bench grows a garden: A tribute to Josefa Diaz Barrazona at Green Lake Park, by Erica Browne Grivas, May 2011.
