Thank you for sending in your photos of today’s snow fall in Green Lake! Many of your shots can be found here. Here’s a second batch of photos, featuring neighborhood animals. We’ll keep adding to this post, so send your pics of wintery Green Lake animals to tips [at] mygreenlake.com. And, here are some shots from Woodland Park Zoo, snapped by zoo photographer Ryan Hawk. A representative from the zoo said the following: “The animals are doing just fine in the snow. They have indoor access and heated areas, though many choose to go out and explore the snow anyway….
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Hear sirens and helicopter noise? Police are searching for three people at the zoo
From our newspartners PhinneyWood: Update 11 p.m.: According to the scanner, the K-9 unit thinks the suspects ran across Aurora, so they are calling off the K-9 search. Update 10:55 p.m.: We just spoke with Officer Mark Jamieson, who says this all started with a suspected car prowl near 59th and Evanston. Then it appeared the suspects climbed the fence to get into the zoo. Officer Jamieson says police are working with staff inside the zoo to search with a K-9. He says other zoo staff on night duty have most likely been told to stay inside their buildings or…
Zoo to auction off behind-the-scenes animal experiences and artwork by animals
Zookeeper Stephanie Miller asked us to spread the word about an upcoming auction at the Woodland Park Zoo. From the zoo’s press release: Imagine your loved one opening a gift that promises to take him or her behind the scenes to watch an elephant bath, take a photo with a raptor, or meet an orangutan up close. Well, imagine no longer – these extraordinary gift experiences are available for bid at Woodland Park Zoo’s Holiday Silent Auction. Held by the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (PS-AAZK), the auction offers a host of gifts you can’t…
A historical look at Woodland Park and the Woodland Park Zoo
Attendees at Tuesday night’s Friends of Green Lake meeting were treated to a historical presentation by Sue Nicol of Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks. Nicol spoke on the Olmsted history of Woodland Park and the Woodland Park Zoo. Nicol explained that in 1902, when the city of Seattle was only 50 years old, forward-thinking city leaders decided to plan a parks system that could be maintained for the next 100 years. They wanted to ensure that the parks system could grow with the city, which then had a population of 7,000, to a future population of 500,000. “We are all…
Join the Friends of Green Lake to hear about the early history of Green Lake Park
The Friends of Green Lake (FOGL) are meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, 7-8 p.m., in The Hearthstone‘s large meeting room (6720 E Green Lake Way N). Sue Nicol of Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks will be speaking on The Olmsted Legacy in North Seattle. John Charles Olmsted began designing Seattle’s park system, including Green Lake Park, in 1903. “This is free and a fun way to learn our neighborhood’s history,” Gayle Garman, President of the FOFL, said in an email to FOGL members. “Sue has many old photos and interesting stories about Guy Phinney, who developed this area and…
