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Category Archives: In the Neighborhood
April 1: Join us for a Virtual Civic Cocktail!
Thanks Mary Jane for letting us know. To help keep you informed and engaged during this stay-at-home time, Seattle CityClub is partnering with Town Hall Seattle to present Civic Cocktail as a free, live, digital event! Grab a beverage, a … Continue reading
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About the COVID-19 Response Fund
If interested, please consider donating to the Seattle Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund – click here Hosted by Seattle Foundation, the COVID-19 Response Fund will provide flexible resources to organizations in our region working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by … Continue reading
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First Hill Information
Information from First Hill Association. Consider take-out, phone orders and social distancing as a priority. Stay safe.
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Up it goes – craning our necks
Thanks to Mike C., “Not my kind of work!”
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Two eagles make a heart
Great pic from Mike C.
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What goes up must come down
Thanks to Mike C. for the great photo!
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After 91 years
Thanks Michael C. for the photo and sad memory
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Wayfinding in Seattle
Thanks to Barb W.
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Help guide the future of Terry Avenue!
Join the First Hill Improvement Association and your neighbors at the Frye Art Museum (Terry & Cherry) at 5:30pm on Thursday, February 13th for the first of three community visioning events to share ideas and priorities for the future of our … Continue reading
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First Hill Public Meeting this Thursday
The First Hill Public Meeting has been rescheduled for this Thursday, January 30th 6pm – 7:30pm at Murano Senior Living. First Hill January Public Meeting Thursday, January 30th 6pm-7:30pm Murano Senior Living (620 Terry Avenue) Learn about what’s going on … Continue reading
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New Seattle Aquarium will inspire next generation of conservationists
Thanks to Barb W. for send this along By Melissa Mager and Martha KongsgaardSpecial to The Seattle Times Water is life. The ocean produces nearly every other breath we take. A warmer ocean has less oxygen. A more acidic ocean produces less food. … Continue reading
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From our city’s namesake to its cultural heroes, here are 9 symbolic Seattleites you should know
by Knute Berger from Crosscut Seattle is better known for its setting than for its citizens. The postcards are of Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, jumping orcas, the Cascades, the Olympics and evergreen forests. But people have often come to symbolize … Continue reading
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Revamping Madison – it’s coming!
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Welcome to a new contributor
Put Barber has come up with the marvelous innovation of a weekly page on this blog which will help our thriving community to be even better informed and sharing neighbors. Please take him up and submit your post for the … Continue reading
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800 Columbia event
It happened about 12:20pm today. That’s the little parking lot across from St-James.
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How to get off that crane
Thanks to Gordon G. Mountain climbers enjoy!
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Open letter to the Seattle Design Commission
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Seeing Green Lake on the northern horizon
Having sent off the book, finally, my mind wanders to such little projects. The book is EXTREME WEATHER: and what to do about it.
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Skyline West, the Pit
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800 Columbia progress
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