Back in January, several of you (nineteen in total!) indicated your support for the restoration of the Green Lake Bathhouse, located on the west side of the lake at 7312 West Green Lake Dr N.
Aided by your support, a group of concerned neighbors is proposing to the city that much-need repairs and security upgrades be [...]

Commenting on our recent post about Oiselle Running, a new tenant at the Pacific Color building, My Green Lake reader “seattler0cks” shared a very cool set of images (click to view):
NE 71st St at Woodlawn Ave NE Today:  The Pacific Color Building
NE 71st St at Woodlawn Ave NE Then:  The Green Lake Theatre, 1937
Wow!  [...]

Ready for some more Green Lake history?
I’ve expanded my search beyond the Green Lake’s Library’s archives and have started poking around in some online databases.
Check this out:
Bellingham Herald, September 12, 1922, page 8
SEEK SEATTLE GIRL
May Have Jumped in Lake and May Have Eloped With Marine
SEATTLE, Sept. 12 — Police are scouring the city for a [...]

The Puget Sound Business Journal is reporting that the site of the former Twin Teepees restaurant (7201 Aurora Ave N, a block south of Beth’s Cafe) has been purchased.
Kelly Baker of Gramor Development Washington said his firm bought the half-completed residential development for $2.1 million.
Baker said Gramor will spend another $2.5 million to finish the [...]

And now, another installment from the Green Lake Archives!
Our last blast from the past came via a 1903 missive authored by “Green Lake Kicker.”  In the same edition of The Interlaken, adjacent to the Kicker’s dog-hating rant, we find this interesting letter, showing community-support for the as-yet-built Green Lake playground, community center, bathhouse and swimming [...]

Last week we told you about a Seattle Times article, written by Russ Hanbey, which gave some insight into one of the earliest* Green Lake families, the Weedin family.
In the comments to our post, Mr. Hanbey, himself a direct descendant of the original Weedin clan, shares some more information about this fascinating family.
Mr. Hanbey explains [...]

Check out today’s Seattle Times for a riveting historical account with ties to our neighborhood.
Written by Russ Hanbey, 1916 Seattle was a hotbed of sin when 2 officers were killed describes a wild, unlawful time in Seattle’s history.   Against a backdrop of booze, prostitution, and general unlawfulness, Hanbey share the details of the July [...]

We received the following from Alyson Soma of the Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N):
Seattle Public Theater (SPT) invites theater-lovers, historians and biographers alike to join a special Talk Back with the cast and crew of Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour, Sunday, February 7th following the 2pm matinee at [...]

Wow.  Check out this doozy that I came across in the Green Lake Archives.  Quite crotchety, that “Green Lake Kicker.”
What do you think?  Is Kicker’s concluding paragraph actually suggesting poisoning the owners of “tramp dogs”?  Or am I just giving him too much creep cred?
The Interlaken, February 13, 1903, p.3
A SUBURBAN QUESTION
When Does a Dog [...]

Tony-award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour opens tonight at the Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse (7312 W Green Lake Dr N) and runs through February 21st. Don’t forget your coupon for 15% off. And while you’re at it, show your support for the Bathhouse here.
Buy tickets over the phone Wednesday through Saturday [...]