Category Archives: In the Neighborhood

Art on screens at Museum House

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Jim deMaine

The twin towers just east of the Cascade Tower are opening in the coming months. They are beginning to show art (hard to discern) on exterior screens. Not sure how this is really going to work but here’s a current … Continue reading →

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Platforms and shelters improperly built on new Capitol Hill RapidRide

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By  Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter Three station platforms aren’t the correct height for wheelchair access — and 25 shelters need to be removed, welded and painted again — along Seattle’s latest addition to its RapidRide bus service. The … Continue reading →

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A new move in

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M. A new guest in the Graystone Park @ 8th & Columbia! This first year Glaucous-winged Gull, trying to act like a heron, enjoyed a refreshing bath in the waterfall pool, then strolled away, enjoying the sun last … Continue reading →

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Prop 1, Levy to Move Seattle

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to MaryLou P. It’s worthwhile to read the op-eds in the Seattle Times. Please comment! What “fixes” do we really need? One in favor and one against.

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Memory Hub Newsletter – September

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Ed Note: Please read about the first artist in residence at the nearby Memory Hub

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Summer market Tuesday the 20th at Freeway Park

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Jim deMaine

You Are Invited…     Tuesday | August 20th – 12-2pm | Seneca Plaza   Support local artisans and musicians at our first ever Summer Market Festival in Freeway Park!   Our neighbors at Park Place (Urban Renaissance Group) have … Continue reading →

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View from the Museum Tower’s Skybridge floor!

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Janet M. Ed note: Doubt that we’ll have a glass floor if/when the Skyline Skybridge materializes! Have you tried the one at the Space Needle–yikes!

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Memory Hub Summer Newsletter

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Stop by for a visit–it’s only a block away at 1021 Columbia St.

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Brain Health Block Party on Seattle’s First Hill – Skyline is a partner in the community

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Click here for the Memory Hub newsletter. Community Stories, Brain Health, News, Brain Health Awareness Month Neighboring organizations come together to promote brain health for this second annual event From 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday July 10, head to Seattle’s First Hill for the … Continue reading →

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Freeway Park Newsletter

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Swedish Health System set for $1.3B expansion of First Hill Campus

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Perkins&Will is designing the 750,000sf tower Swedish Health System is set to break ground its largest project in its more than 100-year history, reports the Puget Sound Business Journal. The $1.3-billion North Tower project, planned at the corner of Marion Street … Continue reading →

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Celebrate National Family Caregivers Month with a special dementia caregiver screening of award-winning documentary Wine, Women, & Dementia –

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Tuesday November 28th at the Murano.

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Skyline couple highlighted at the Frye Museum

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M. Frye Gallery Guide Diana Caplow and her husband Mike are supporters of the Frye who have been visiting the museum since the early 2000s. The Caplows are art collectors drawn to works not just for their … Continue reading →

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Popular Portland-founded doughnut chain planning Seattle location

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P. for letting us know about this walk to burn off calories as we head to this coming establishment! SEATTLE — One of the West Coast’s most popular doughnuts is coming to Seattle. Voodoo Doughnuts, founded in … Continue reading →

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Freeway Park free event

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Jim deMaine
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The 35-floor replacement for the Chancery Building two blocks away

Posted on September 7, 2023 by William Calvin

The links at the city website are mostly error-prone so, having wasted an hour, here is the useful URL: Design Review EDG Proposal – Final (seattle.gov) Here of 2023 photos of construction near us, in case anyone would like to … Continue reading →

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Memory Hub September 2023 Newsletter

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Jim deMaine
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Twice as tall as the Cascade Tower

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Just what we need?! At the corner of Marion and Terry, this monster 46 story apartment building is planned. It will certainly dominate the sky. The Cabrini Tower is 19 stories. First Hill Plaza is 33 stories.

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Replay Matinee at Town Hall

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Keisha C. These replays of outstanding speakers/authors will now have the slightly later start time of 1:30pm. Guests really do not need to arrive any earlier than 1:15, and since Town Hall is so close. This will give … Continue reading →

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MARIPILI AT CAFÉ FRIEDA (at the Frye Museum) – opening in October!

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Bethany Jean Clement  – Seattle Times food writer After quickly making her mark on the Seattle dining scene with MariPili Tapas Bar, chef Grayson Corrales is in culinary collaboration with one of the city’s preeminent museums — in October, she’ll helm … Continue reading →

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Meet, greet and eat!

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Come join our neighbors for a block party! There will be lots of food, drinks, vendors, information and live music! Event will be held on 8th Ave, between Columbia & James

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Greystone’s public space and alley

Posted on July 24, 2023 by William Calvin

Looking down on Columbia, at left we see the new public space and its planters in place. Middle bottom is Skyline’s parking garage exit. Starting just across Columbia from it is the new paved alley that goes through to Marion … Continue reading →

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Here’s How to Fix Downtown: Better Parking and Tax Breaks

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: How about this article with a contrarian view!! By Dick Lilly in the Post Alley Newsletter A few months back my friend Alec Fisken (now passed away) and I were picking our way through downtown on our way … Continue reading →

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Converging atmospheric rivers (look north)

Posted on July 20, 2023 by William Calvin

Here we see the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, ordinarily found up north of the King County line. Moisture-laden westerly winds off the Pacific run into the Olympic Mountain range and split into a south-around branch (via southern Puget Sound) and … Continue reading →

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Night Out on 8th – Tuesday August 1st

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Jim deMaine
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