Now that the city owns the plot of land formerly owned by Love Israel on 9th Ave. — now Ballard’s newest park — Margaret Todd wants to save the house on the property. But saving it isn’t cheap. Moving costs are estimated at $45,000, and that doesn’t count a new foundation. “The house can only …
A new boutique called Asher Anson is moving into the empty space on Market St. near Ballard Ave. left by the departing Ben & Jerry’s. “Asher Anson provides well-constructed, premium men’s and women’s clothing,” explains their just-launched website. “(We’re) very much looking forward to our opening in August (no solid date yet) and sharing our …
Last summer Terry McMacken was riding across the Ballard Bridge next to that low concrete wall when he was thrown into traffic and struck by a car. He lost his arm in the accident, and now he’s suing the city of Seattle, reports the Seattle PI. McMacken’s attorney says the city had received prior complaints …
We’re talking about Ballard’s own Coffee Equipment Company, maker of the Clover coffeemaker, which was purchased by Starbucks earlier this year. Wired just did an in-depth profile of the company, and there are some interesting details. While Starbucks will help maintain the 250 or so Clovers already sold, it’s refusing to sell any more to …
When word broke of sharpened metal spikes being found in Green Lake, a Seattle Parks Department spokeswoman speculated someone maliciously put them there to “hurt people.” A Seattle Times editorial called the perpetrator a “sick puppy.” Now the mystery is solved. And the sick puppy responsible for placing them there? The Parks Department. D’oh! It …
A very bad parking job along 22nd Ave. just up from Sam’s Sushi.
Writes bscowler today in the My Ballard forum: “As a six year Ballard resident it’s disheartening to see blatant drug deals going down in broad daylight in front of my apartment building. I live on 17th Ave south of Market Street, and over the past two years I’ve witnessed countless drug transactions occuring on and …
The Seattle City Council has just approved a 20 cent fee on disposable paper and plastic bags which will take effect Jan. 1 at local stores, including Ballard Market and Bartell’s. Some carryout styrofoam containers will eventually be banned too.
Ballard resident Monique Burton always wanted to be a gymnast competing in the Olympic Games. Instead, she’ll be one of two doctors for the U.S. gymnastics team in China. “I’m just totally fortunate,” she told the Seattle PI. “This could be my only Olympics. I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.”
In the last hours of Ballard SeafoodFest, Sustainable Ballard announced the winners of the Ballard Bike Rack Design Contest.
Over 100 entries were submitted, many from middle school and high school students. The judges include architects, designers and the Chamber of Commerce. All are Ballard residents.
Sustainable Ballard’s Craig Benjamin (left) announced the six winners. They’ll get to see their designs built and placed around Ballard as early as September. Three of the locations are already determined, but the other three have yet to be approved. Click through below for the winning designs…
“Ballard’s traditional costume is really a pair of old coveralls,” explains the SeafoodFest program, “not a Scandinavian folk costume, as many might imagine.” So in the spirit of honoring industrial Ballard, contestants in the “Seventh Annual Slotky Memorial Couture Coverall Contest” took the stage. The goal is to show originality and Ballard fashion flair with …
The two Democrats vying for the hotly-contested state representative seat in our district both worked the crowds at SeafoodFest. Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank (below) stood twenty feet apart from each other on Market St., shaking hands and answering questions from the crowd.