News from our neighbors … Local Politics: Wallingford: The North End Candidate Debate, held at Lincoln High School on October 13, is now available online. Wallingford: Wallyhood has created a handy Voter Guide Round-Up. Queen Anne: Susan Hutchison, candidate for King County Executive, speaks about Boeing’s exit from Seattle. Nearby events: Wallingford: Ivar’s Fall Cider Celebration is on November 12th. Greenwood: The “Aurora Elephant” will be raised at Aurora Rents around 8:30 or 9 on Monday morning. Greenwood: The Greenwood Wing Dome will be donating a portion of their sales today, until 9 p.m., to the Greenwood Fire Relief Fund….
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North Seattle Round-up: local politics, nearby events, new and closed businesses, bargain alerts, and crime watch
North Seattle Round-up
Wazup in nearby neighborhoods? Yep, time for our weekly round-up! A Fire Strikes Four Greenwood Businesses: Phinneywood did an amazing job covering the horrible fire that hit Greenwood early Friday morning. Their coverage began with breaking news updates and video of the fire, and they continue to cover the effects of the fire on the Taproot Theatre, Green Bean Coffeehouse, PAWS Cat City and the community as a whole, as well as to explain the cleanup and wall-stabilization processes. Information about a relief fund can be found here. What caused the blaze? Phinney Ridge Seattle speculates that arson was at…
North Seattle Roundup
Heya Green Lake. Here’s what’s been going down nearby: While the their library was closed for renovations, many Wallingford residents were heading up to the Green Lake library. The party’s over: the Wallingford library is open again. Businesses come: a new Wallingford tanning salon, a Mini dealership in Lake City, a new cafe in Fremont, a fabric boutique in Magnolia. Businesses go: Wallingford’s Winchell’s Donuts and Rancho Bravo (temporarily), Magnolia’s Go Legs Cycle Studio, Select Hair Salon in Laurelhurst, Tigertail in Phinney, the Crown Hill QFC. Businesses expand: Greenwood’s Fred Meyer and Taqueria Tequila (maybe), Phinney’s Ken’s Market. Businesses move: …
Happy 4th of July!
Seattle’s 1947 July 4th celebration ended at 9:00 pm with several hours of fireworks at Green Lake. It took the Seattle police an hour or more to unsnarl the traffic jam of 50,000 cars filled with spectators. This photo, taken by Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer John M. “Hack” Miller, shows the 1947 fireworks display at Green Lake. Miller exposed the same photographic plate several times to get the image. – MOHAI While the fireworks went off over our sweet lake, far more interesting events were taking place in the Lake City neighborhood … The summer of 1947, as all conspiracy nuts theorists…
