Recently, we received a heads-up from Sarah Schacht about a proposed neighborhood art installation, described by her as a “web 2.0 art project.” The site of the proposed project is an I-5 support wall on 8th Ave NE, between NE 66th St and NE 68th St. Sarah writes: Despite some greenery nicely maintained by WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation), the wall, and its surrounding small strip of land, attract transients, crime, and gang graffiti. Less than a year ago, a body was found in the brush. The wall is not exactly a neighborhood jewel. After living down the block…
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A peek inside the Green Lake fallout shelter
Earlier this year, we brought you this story about Green Lake’s four bomb shelters. The biggest, under I-5 at Weedin Place NE, has gotten some attention in the press lately. In April, “Mossback” Knute Berger wrote an excellent piece about the I-5 bomb shelter on Crosscut.com, and last night (May 11, 2010) KOMO aired this look inside: Many thanks to My Green Lake tipsters Nic George and Daniel for drawing our attention to these two mentions of our neighborhood in the media. Have a tip? We’d love to hear from you.
Drive south from Green Lake every day? Your commute is one of America's worst.
Check out this little factoid making its way around Twitter right now: The southbound stretch of I-5 at 45th Street (Exit 169) is, according to the number crunchers at The Daily Beast, America’s 7th worst commute. #7, I-5, Seattle Weekly hours of bottleneck congestion: 256 Worst bottleneck: Southbound, 45th St/Exit 169 Length of worst bottleneck: 1.46 mi Weekly hours of congestion on worst bottleneck: 34 Speed of worst bottleneck when congested: 21.3 mph The expert opinion: “We have one major problem in downtown Seattle, and that is physical restraints,” says Paul Tosch, traffic reporter for KOMO 1000. “We only have…
New ETA on end of I-5 noise pollution in North Seattle: end of December
Noise from from the grinding work on I-5 getting you down? Our friends over at seattlepi.com have an update for ya: Getting There: When will I-5 project in North Seattle be complete? By SCOTT GUTIERREZ SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Question: Misty Willits asks when the DOT is planning to complete the repaving project on Interstate 5 north of Seattle. “The grooves in the pavement actually cause the wheels on my car to jog side-to-side to such a degree that it is difficult to steer. It feels very similar to hydroplaning, which leads me to believe this will be incredibly dangerous when the…
