Many thanks to David Albright of Seattle On Screen for pointing us in the direction of the short documentary “Mayor Measures.” The film features Green Lake resident Stephen Measures, as well as some of Stephen’s favorite neighborhood haunts, including Beth’s Cafe (7311 Aurora Ave N) and the Kangaroo & Kiwi Pub (7305 Aurora Ave N). Mayor Measures was made by Type Face Productions (Denise Doherty, Piper Hanson and Adam Knight) for the 2011 Doc Challenge, “a timed filmmaking competition where filmmaking teams from around the world have just 5 days to make a short documentary film.” The film’s music was by Aaron Cherof, with lyrics by Roger Waters.
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Car crashes into gas pump at 76 Gas Station
Earlier this evening (Monday, August 15, 2011), a car crashed into a gas pump at the 76 Gas Station at 84th and Aurora (8408 Aurora Ave N). According to 911 logs, one fire engine was dispatched to the gas station at 5:23 p.m. Mitch Spute was at the gas station following the crash. “Somehow the driver, headed west on N 85th St, crossed the east lanes,” Mitch says. “He went through bushes and landed there. AMR [American Medical Response] took him away.” At 5:39 p.m., Mitch tweeted the following pictures:
Pedestrian swinging piece of wood on Aurora Ave hits and damages at least two vehicles
A Seattle Police Department report indicates that police received several 9-1-1 calls at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday night (July 24, 2011) about someone walking on Aurora Ave N, swinging what appeared to be a 2 x 4 or a baseball bat at vehicles. Callers reported seeing the person as far south as the 5500 block of Aurora Ave N and as far north as N 68th St, where he was detained by police. One man told police that “he observed a male standing in the northbound lanes of travel while he was driving his vehicle on Aurora Av N. [He] stated that he swerved to avoid the…
Film crew at Green Lake Park
Several visitors to Green Lake Park this morning (Sunday, July 24, 2011) noted that a film crew was set up on the west side of park. At 8:40 a.m., Sarah Heath, a.k.a. North Seattle Sarah, tweeted “Wanna be in a movie? Get to greenlake, the aurora side,” along with this twitpic: At 11:17 a.m., “jbcraver” tweeted that she was filming an infomercial at Green Lake Park. She attached a picture of a man using exercise equipment. And, at noon Jason Roberts tweeted the following:
