My Ballard reader Ronan sent us this note: “My girlfriend and I had an interesting encounter last Saturday afternoon that I thought I’d share. Two guys standing on Market Street (about across the street from Epilogue Books) asked us if we’d be interested in signing a petition saying the old Denny’s building is *not* an …
Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board toured the boarded-up Denny’s yesterday, and today the property owners invited members of the media to tour the building. Benaroya Companies’ Marc Nemirow and architect Arthur Chang took us inside the restaurant to point out the differences between the Denny’s and the old Manning’s Cafeteria: for one, the old Manning’s had …
How cool is this? Ballard High senior Sami Kubo was at the Sundance Film Festival last week where her short film, “Disorder,” was screened as part of the Adobe Youth Voices initiative. “I loved it,” she told The Big Blog. “Everything blew me away, kind of.”
The Seattle City Council is considering a plan to expand the South Lake Union streetcar to Ballard, Fremont, West Seattle and the University District, among other neighborhoods. “Ballard and West Seattle have felt somewhat abandoned after the monorail went away and we’ve been looking for a way to get transportation there,” said Department of Transportation …
Students from Adams Elementary signed a big yellow banner for Joseph Skillings, who’s recovering at Harborview Medical Center after getting attacked at a Capitol Hill bus stop for trying to help a woman in distress. Now the banner is hanging in his room, and Skillings is “bragging” about his students, according to the latest entry …
Despite forecasts that we could see as much as 3-4 inches of new snow, Western Washington was spared another bout this morning. We peeked outside a couple times throughout the night and saw nothing but rain. Turns out temperatures were a couple degrees warmer than meteorologists anticipated.
We just took a drive around the area this morning, and traffic is moving smoothly, including Market St. up over the Ridge. Crown Hill seemed to have as much or even more snow than Phinney Ridge. This is 20th Ave. and 80th St. The stop sign on that corner. As usual, there’s much less snow …
We have a good inch on the ground around our Ballard house, and it’s a nasty commute just about everywhere. For starters, avoid the steep roads climbing up to Phinney Ridge. Fortunately, school buses don’t have to negotiate the mess: the Seattle school district was already closed today. Forecasters say the snow will taper off …
We hiked down Golden Gardens Drive to the mudslide that took out a big chunk of the roadway back in December. You may remember, it also took a Suburu with it. Well, now the Suburu is gone and the entire slide area is covered in cloth to slow the erosion process. It looks like cloth …
After getting “a lot of inquiries” about a public restroom, the city of Seattle has placed a portable unit on Market St., right across from Majestic Bay. Rob Mattson, director of the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, told the Ballard News Tribune that people have asked businesses in the area to use the restroom, but have …
Forecasters say we could see a trace to 2 inches of snow overnight Saturday and into Sunday. As always, Phinney Ridge is the most likely to see a little snow. But you never know. We’ll update as conditions warrant…
There’s quite a discussion on LiveJournal about a rumor that Ballard Market has been purchased by condo developers. So we called the store manager for the straight scoop. “There is absolutely no truth to that rumor,” he said, adding that he’s been asked the same question over and over again the last few days. It …