Updated Tuesday, August 16, with event date and time change. The original date and time were listed as September 10 at 4 p.m.; the event is now scheduled for September 17 at 3:30 p.m. photo credit: Minette Layne Roller derby store Fast Girl Skates is hosting a “Critical Mass Greenlake Skate” on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. “We are intending to reach out mainly to quad skaters (old-school roller skates) but of course anyone on wheels is welcome,” says Angee “Jalapeno Business“ Foster of the Rat City Rollergirls, who will lead the event. Skaters will be meeting in the parking lot…
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News of note from elsewhere
Some stories of note that have popped up elsewhere recently: PhinneyWood reports on some changes at the corner of 73rd & Linden. Off White Makeup and Beauty is taking over the space at 7305 Linden Ave N formerly occupied by Spindle. Next door, Sugarcomb Salon at 780 N 73rd St is expanding its services and adding an aesthetician. And, the corner of 73rd & Linden recently got some new retro-looking streetlamps to make it safer for pedestrians. M.J. Kelly of the Cascade Bicycle Club ponders, “What if Green Lake Way were one way?” and My Ballard reports that the City of Seattle is exploring…
Does the Green Lake loop need better lane-usage directions?
We received the following note from My Green Lake reader Phil Austin: I had an idea while walking the lake this morning and I was wondering what your readers might think about it. As it happens nearly every time I walk the lake, I noticed someone running in the outer wheels lane when a biker rode by and made a stern comment to her about being in the correct lane. As you know, there are signs along the path…some are on posts (which no one seems to notice) and some are embedded in the ground. In both cases they’re few…
The Green Lake Loop's wheel lane: Not just for wheels anymore?
There’s an interesting discussion going on over in the Rants & Raves section of the My Green Lake forums. My Green Lake reader mrpulsar asks: Every time I go to Green Lake on wheels I debate almost just running into anyone that won’t move off the wheel lane, sometimes I have to dismount whatever I’m on, or simply stop and wait for them to finally grasp that I am trying to get by. What gives? The signage at Green Lake seems pretty obvious, the inner lane is for walking, and the outer lane is for wheels. Am I missing something?…
What would you name the Green Lake loop?
Crosscut’s resident “address nerd” (and My Green Lake reader and commenter) Benjamin Lukoff has a great piece up on Crosscut.com in which he asks: What’s in a (street) name? Lukoff calls for the naming of Seattle’s unnamed places, including bridges, major intersections, pedestrian stairways and paths, and park drives and paths. He points out that the path around Green Lake, a.k.a. the Green Lake loop, is officially unnamed. So, how about it, Green Lakers? Share your thoughts: what should the Green Lake loop be called? A few Green Lake loop facts: The loop around Green Lake is 2.8 miles long….
