After you’ve done your bit to green the world on Earth Day, put on your hemp jacket and head over to the Ballard Community Center to help shape Seattle’s vision for parks and recreation. The Seattle Parks department is hosting series of public meetings on that subject and they’ll be in Ballard from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday at the …
Usually, smash-and-grabs happen late at night in darkly-lit parking lots. But according a police report, a Ballard woman says she parked her Audi on 24th Ave. at 59th to run across the street “for only two minutes” to drop off her dry cleaning. When she returned, her window was punched out and her purse was …
Here are a few more recent business changes in Ballard. As always, if you see something new in the neighborhood, please drop us a note. – A clerk at Rain City Video on 32nd Ave. and 65th St. told us that the boarded-up space across the street is believed to be a new …
The non-profit Ballard company RE Store salvages home materials, saves them from landfills and then sells them at an affordable price. Things like flooring, doors, sinks, lamps and vintage claw-foot tubs. The Seattle Times just shot a video tour, which you can watch here.
Ah yes, spring in Seattle. It snowed rather steadily in Upper Ballard and Phinney Ridge Sunday morning (nothing was sticking), and then the sun appeared. “We didn’t get any snow today, but it sure was hailing around 11:00 a.m. this morning!” writes Susanne in Fremont, who sent us the photo below. “My kids were having …
The outgoing owners of Ballard’s newest city park at 70th St. and 9th Ave. are a holding a garage sale this weekend (they’re moving by the end of the month), so we decided to stop by to get a better look at the property. The property is larger than it looks when you combine all …
Ballardite Blog has the scoop on “Record Store Day” at the Ballard Sonic Boom store today (Saturday). Four bands will play: Vinnie Blackshadow, Aqueduct, Mono in VCF (pictured) and The Moondoggies. They’ll be selling Cupcake Royale yummies with proceeds going to the Vera Project. And 10 percent of all record sales will go to Music4Life. …
It’s snowing in brief bouts here in Upper Ballard this morning, but nothing is sticking. Here are a few more reader snow photos from yesterday…
“My tulips first snow! They were not real excited,” writes Michael.
Lindsay shot this photo going down 3rd Ave, toward Holman Road.
We haven’t seen it snow this heavily in quite some time. There’s even thunder and lightning! We shot the photo below on the Ridge around 6:45 p.m. If you have some pics, please send ’em to tips@myballard.com. And just remember, spring summer is just around the corner. Or so we’re told. Update at 7:15 p.m.: …
Back in 1993 the City of Seattle tried to purchase the land on 9th Ave. & 70th St. to build a park but the Seventh Elect Church in Israel didn’t want to sell. Now, 15 years later, the now-defunct spiritual group is getting $3 million for the piece of land. The city council voted unanimously …
Tractor Tavern Friday: Southern Culture on the Skids, Marshall Scott Warner Saturday: Southern Culture on the Skids, Marshall Scott Warner, The Black Crabs (Saturday is sold out!) Sunday: Dysfunction Junction, Big Bluegrass, Moses High Dive Friday: Midstokke, Western Airial, Riverbend Saturday: The Valley, Iceage Cobra, The DTs Sunday: “Special mystery band,” Heavy Hearts (CD release), …
Chris Cashman, the host of the Seattle Channel’s “City Stream,” shot their next show at Sunset Bowl, during which he bought a Snickers bar from the vending machine, according to the PI’s Big Blog. He’s put it up on eBay as a “rare historical item,” with the proceeds of the sale going toward the JP Patches Statue …