Category Archives: In the Neighborhood

Horizon House Winter Bridge Schedule

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First Hill Community News

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By-gone friend; oak sacrificed on 8th

All that’s left are the beautiful leaves.

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Freeway Park Fall Lantern Festival

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First Hill Clean Up Tomorrow, Saturday

First Hill Autumn Clean Up Saturday, October 12th 10am – 12pm First Hill Park Help clean up the neighborhood and get to know some of your neighbors at FHIA’s annual Autumn Clean Up.  FHIA will be providing clean up equipment, coffee … Continue reading

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Unveils Janet Echelman’s Latest Work: “Impatient Optimist” in Seattle

Ed note: Art or mosquito net? Thanks to Gordon G for spotting this A new aerial sculpture by renowned artistJanet Echelman has been installed at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle. Entitled “Impatient Optimist,” the sculpture consists of a custom net structure suspended above the courtyard, resulting in an … Continue reading

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VOTE for I-90 WSDOT Award

VOTE for I-90 WSDOT Award  WSDOT has recently been nominated for a 2019 American Transportation Award for all the work that they’ve done in Snoqualmie Pass. This is a wonderful shout out to all their hard work and as a … Continue reading

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The Lost & Found Tale of a Valuable Pigeon

By Lorraine Wascher Woods During our February snowstorm, the Schullers had a handsome pigeon trapped on their balcony for three days. Not just any pigeon; it turns out he was a specially bred and valuable racing pigeon. Nichole Griepentrog  (Skyline … Continue reading

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These are the 25 most intriguing commercial projects around Seattle – Redmond to Renton

By Marc Stiles  – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business JournalJul 11, 2019, 10:00am EDT Ed note: Click here to access the side show of 25 important construction projects in the aear Vulcan Real Estate is moving aggressively ahead with two huge mixed-use office … Continue reading

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First Hill Newsletter

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The story of Medic 1 – Skyline presentation

Dr. Rick Rapport, UW Harborview Neurosurgeon, has written the story of Medic One (Seattle’s Medic One: How We Don’t Die). How fortunate we are to have Dr. Leonard Cobb here at Skyline and to now have this history documented. Nick … Continue reading

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Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure

By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading

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901 Madison – early design for yet another

Thanks to Sue Van L for alerting us.

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Blue Angels are in town – here’s the schedule

The Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, are in town! Get up to the 26th floor to watch them perform. Thanks to Navy pilot Doug C for sending this in: Thursday:     11:00 to 12:00 the four planes in the … Continue reading

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The Showbox building is now a landmark. But will it remain a music venue?

From Crosscut: Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board delivered a victory to “Save the Showbox” supporters Wednesday night, as it voted unanimously to designate the building that houses the downtown music venue a historic landmark. The landmark nomination, submitted last August by Historic … Continue reading

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Town Hall reads the Mueller Report

Thanks to Linda W for alerting us. Town Hall is sponsoring a  24 hour , LIVE reading of the Mueller Report (yes, all 448 pages) beginning at 8pm on July 19, Friday.  It will go round the clock until 8pm … Continue reading

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What’s going on in Freeway Park?

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Madison BRT Update –

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Looking down at 800 Columbia

Missed out on the action? Can’t see down the hole anymore? Try https://app.oxblue.com/open/daniels/800columbia

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The 800 Columbia Residential Tower

Ed note: Bob T has sent along this information and the website for the 800 Columbia project. Click on this link and bookmark it to stay up to date on our new neighbor: https://800columbiacondos.com/ Latest News Notice: 6/26/2019 – Due to the … Continue reading

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First Hill News

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An open letter to the Seattle Design Commission after the 8th Avenue sky bridge was voted down 5-0

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The Annotated Panorama (2019 version)

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Yes, they are too small, as seen below, for the annotations to be legible. But my 11×14 prints line the corridor on the 26th floor leading outdoors (Skyline administrators like them well enough that they are considering a more permanent … Continue reading

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Another new crane in the neighborhood (near Town Hall)

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