Tonight (Saturday, July 24, 2010) was Medic 16′s last night in Green Lake. I spoke with Greg Forslund, a fire fighter at Fire Station 16 (6846 Oswego Place NE).  Forslund confirmed that The Seattle Fire Department is transferring the Medic One Unit to Station 17 (temporarily located at 4557 11th Ave NE), and that tonight [...]

Hearing something? Starting around 3:15 this afternoon, the sound of helicopters could be heard in the Green Lake neighborhood.  As of 3:55, the noise is still present. While we can’t pinpoint the cause with absolute certainty, it seems likely that the helicopters are connected to a large police operation currently going down in the U-District: [...]

(This post originally appeared on Wallingford’s neighborhood blog Wallyhood.) We had the great pleasure of sitting down to an intimate dinner last night with Jamie Pedersen, the state representative for the 43rd district (that’s you, Wallingford, and parts of Fremont, Green Lake, Ravenna, U District, Eastlake, Cap Hill, Madison Park and Downtown). Our friends Scott [...]

Welcome Welcome Welcome Scarecrow Video, our newest advertiser! Scarecrow Video is located in the UDistrict, but from 1988-1993, it was Green Lake’s pride and joy.  Check out this little tidbit from their book The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide. That’s right – Kurt and Courtney came to our hood for videos. Scarecrow Video is also sponsoring [...]

(The following post originally appeared on Urban Beer Hikes: Serious Pub Crawling) An Autumn UBH- Green Lake & The U-District This has to be my favorite time of year. Yeah, the days are getting stupidly short and the heating bill is growing another digit, but it’s also when we get an oh so brief taste [...]