by PhinneyWood | Jul 31, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Utilities says it will adjust customers’ bills due to the ongoing strike by garbage, recycling and yard waste drivers from Waste Management. SPU is fining WM for delaying pickups during the strike, and those penalties will be returned to customers in...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 31, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Healing Center Organization, a medical marijuana dispensary at 511 N. 85th St., is moving into a bigger space right next door. THCO moved into Greenwood in February 2011. In about a month, it will be moving into a former lawyers’ office on the corner of...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 31, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Taproot Theatre is extending the run of its British-American cowboy comedy mash-up “Chaps!” by one week, through Aug. 18. Caitlin Macy-Beckwith, Simon Pringle, and Ian Lindsay. Photo by Erik Stuhaug, Taproot Theatre. Ever wonder what would happen if Monty Python met...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 31, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The continuing strike by Teamsters Union drivers means Waste Management will not pick up garbage, recycling or yard waste in Seattle today. Tuesday customers should put out all their waste next Tuesday, and they won’t be charged for extra. Seattle Public Utilities...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The King County Council today approved the route and station and stop locations for Metro’s new RapidRide E Line, which will connect Shoreline to downtown Seattle starting early next year. It will replace Metro bus route 358. The E Line will travel on Aurora...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Sunday’s Seattle Times had a nice article by historian Paul Dorpat about the Phinney Ridge Ferris wheel, which used to stand across Phinney Avenue from Woodland Park Zoo, until it burned down in 1934. St. John United Lutheran Church now stands on that site. The...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Because of the continuing strike, Seattle Public Utilities says Waste Management will not pick up garbage, recycling and yard waste for most Seattle customers on Tuesday. Customers missed today and tomorrow should put out their waste next week on the usual day; they...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Community Council meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N. On the agenda is how to improve Greenwood’s downtown business core, temporary art installations through the Art Interruptions project, and an anti-graffiti...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 27, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are a few event highlights for the neighborhood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Phinney Farmers Market from 3-7 p.m. in the lower parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. (The market has been moved from...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 27, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Six miniature houses are now hanging in trees along Greenwood Avenue, as part of an art installation called “Art Interruptions.” Seattle artist Carolina Silva created the reproductions of real homes on Greenwood between North 67th and 80th streets, and...