Category Archives: In the Neighborhood

Video presentation of the twin towers’ project at 707 Terry

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Jim deMaine
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Seattle Waterfront and Viaduct updates

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Jim deMaine

SEATTLE WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION Major construction projects: 2018-2023 What’s Happening What’s Ahead Travelers’ Information Contact Us Welcome to the Seattle waterfront construction information site! Seattle’s Central Waterfront is going to be a busy place over the next several years, with multiple construction … Continue reading →

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Design Review Meeting for the Olympic Tower Dec 12th

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Design Review Meetings East Design Review Board 715 8th Ave Land Use Application to allow a 21-story, 76-unit apartment building. Parking for 76 vehicles proposed. Project requires City Council approval to allow a skybridge to connect to existing building across … Continue reading →

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Flowers in the park

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Jim deMaine

While walking south on 9th into the new Yesler park, I noticed these “flowers” blooming. What a nice addition to our neighborhood this is.

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Construction Update on the twin towers east of Skyline

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Construction Bulletins: November 9, 2018 UPDATE Earthwork activities will continue during select Saturdays in an effort to expedite the mass excavation scope and to minimize overall night hauling durations. Excavation and Shoring is approximately 90% with completion of mass excavation … Continue reading →

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Staff unchained at Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Jim deMaine
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Up and Down on Terry

Posted on October 27, 2018 by William Calvin
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Twin tower update – what’s up next at the big dig?

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Ed Note: Thanks to Joan H. we’ve found the web site for updates for the construction of the twin towers between Skyline and the Frye Museum: http://www.707terryproject.com/. We’ll try to post their updates as they occur on their website. ABOUT THE … Continue reading →

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Walking to Little Saigon

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Walking south on 9th past Harborview and following it downhill across Yesler last Sunday, I found the new park quite lively situated among all the construction going on. There were lots of young families with kids on the well laid out … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat? Phantom on the deck

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Fun photo by Diane S

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Posted on October 21, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Haven’t checked out Vito’s – have you? Join us for Live music at Vito’s. OCT20 Tim Kennedy Trio Oct 20, 2018 OCT21 Lennon Aldort Oct 21, 2018 OCT21 Ron Weinstein Trio Oct 21, 2018

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Mumbling, Thumbling & Stumbling – the new normal

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G  

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Fall Lantern Festival Freeway Park – October 26th

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Jim deMaine

“Join us in celebrating the installation of the Community Lanterns, and the changing seasons in Freeway Park! The lanterns, created by the Freeway Park community, will bring color, light and movement into the Park throughout the Fall and Winter. Festivities … Continue reading →

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Taking Uber from Skyline

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Well, I’ve typed in “725 9th Avenue” many times as a pickup location for my Uber ride only to have the driver whiz by or head down Columbia. I think the concierge is tired of running down Columbia after a … Continue reading →

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Join Your Neighbors at the Autumn Clean Up! Oct 13th

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Jim deMaine

The First Hill Improvement Association is happy to be hosting the sixth Autumn Cleanup! Saturday, October 13th 10am-12pm First Hill Park (1201 University)  Meet your neighbors and FHIA’s new Executive Director, learn about what’s going on in the neighborhood, and … Continue reading →

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An I-5 Lid?

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jim deMaine

From Crosscut by Knute Berger: If Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders, Seattle is the City of Big Visions. We’ve literally moved mountains to create the city we know — we’ve redirected rivers (the Duwamish), connected the sea to … Continue reading →

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Construction on Terry

Posted on September 28, 2018 by William Calvin

When I saw this collection of hard hats, with a crane overhead, I naturally wondered what had gone wrong. My telescope revealed a cluster of three pizza boxes.

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Capitol Hill’s Hugo House gets an extreme makeover and an historic designation

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Jim deMaine

From Crosscut: Washington state welcomed its first official Literary Landmark last week — a surprising statistic given Seattle’s reputation as a bookstore-loving, writer-nurturing, library-card-holding, even poetry-slam-attending city. The designation comes from national group United for Libraries, which over the last 30 years has … Continue reading →

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The Frye Twins excavation

Posted on September 26, 2018 by William Calvin

Noticed the earth-moving at night?  It is just rearranging loose dirt and lifting it up into waiting dump trucks. Here is serious excavation, scraping dirt down away from those long rods they dropped down those holes they drilled all around … Continue reading →

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Whole Foods is set to open October 30th at 1001 Broadway.

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Jim deMaine

From the Capitol Hill Blog: The 17-story “upscale” apartment tower Whole Foods will call home is now open and filled with art and amenities along with 260 or so units complete with “smart, sophisticated design,” “well-appointed” and “clean, contemporary aesthetic,” “A/C in … Continue reading →

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A drone outside the window

Posted on September 15, 2018 by William Calvin

And guess where it landed: They carried it inside the cathedral a minute later.  It seems to be the latest in wedding photography.

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Fyre Twins; Before the Basement

Posted on September 10, 2018 by William Calvin

Here you see (left) a deep hole being drilled while a three-story-high steel post is being dropped (right) into a previous drill site.  I’m guessing that this is reinforcement for the long east wall of the parking garage basement.

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Freeway Park – September activities

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Jim deMaine

Click below to see the September activities at nearby Freeway Park.  Freeway Park 8/25

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What’s under the ground?

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Jim deMaine

To decipher all those color marks we walk by as the construction goes on – here’s the cheat-sheet from Gordon Gray.

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Dow Constantine, King County Executive speaks at Skyline

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Jim deMaine
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