Archive for January, 2007
Or, in other words, report (your favorite) pothole. Here’s how.
Instead of writing the typical prediction post for 2007, I thought I’d do something a bit different. Instead of predictions, I thought I’d mention and talk about a few words (and concepts) that I think will (or should) be a big deal to designers in 2007.
West Seattle Blogger Spouse reports street sweepers working Cali Ave much of the day, apparently tackling the sand from Snowpocalypse ‘07. Glad to hear it, having recently been caught in clouds of dust kicked up by hill-climbing buses traveling over the street-side sandpiles!
A report on last night’s No Tunnel Alliance meeting in the P-I’s Seattle@Nite blog:The No-Tunnel Alliance unanimously voted Tuesday to endorse an elevated structure to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, and presented anti-tunnel text for the voter’s pamphlet to be…
Not Another Elevated Viaduct Campaign Kicks into Gear
Closed Published January 31st, 2007 on FoS.blogAn email from the Not Another Elevated Viaduct campaign:Stop another bigger, uglier, and noisier vaduct from being built–the time is now! Measure 2 on Seattle’s March 13 special election ballot presents a disastrously flawed option for replacing the Alaskan Way…
Breakin’ Bread at the Eagles Hall
Closed Published January 31st, 2007 on Georgetown Stew: A South Seattle Neighborhood blogThings have been relatively quiet, since the mayhem that ensued a month ago on the street near the Eagles Hall (and Starbucks, and the Shell station, to be fair). I e-mailed a friend of mine who has been a neighborhood activist on and off for many years to get his perspective, and turns out he was right; in these situations, neighborhood leaders tend to turn to the City’s draconian Good Neighbor Agreements for remedies. The author of an article in the Georgetown Gazette, the broadsheet published by the Georgetown Community Council, advocated that position.
Washington DOT on I-5 traffic congestion: Take a Vacation
Closed Published January 31st, 2007 on Georgetown Stew: A South Seattle Neighborhood blogThere are big plans to work on I-5 between the I-90 interchange and Spokane St, and for the 19 days in August, it spells out big problems for us below.
Industrial Exellence Center, Hat n’ Boots, Oxbows, and the river
Closed Published January 31st, 2007 on Georgetown Stew: A South Seattle Neighborhood blogThe corner lot where the expansion of South Seattle Community College’s new Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center was once under water. According to the map we have, the corner of Corson and East Marginal was part of the winding Duwamish river, and most of the houses on the East side of Corson would be waterfront property if that hadn’t changed. Not suprising that they’re drilling deep through all of that fill, which turns to soup in any earthquake. In 1955 Hat n’ Boots appeared, and was recently moved to Oxbow Park.
Big time game tonight for the Zags. A win over the scorching hot trees would put Gonzaga in a great position to increase their seeding in the tournament and finish the year out strong. A tipping point game? I think so.
John Blanchette of the Spokesman Review: “Buckle in. It’s Gonzaga basketball, or as we’ve come […]
If we can have NoMo and SOA, why not JuNo — north of The Junction? Anyway, an e-mail tip alerted us to empty storefronts we hadn’t previously noted. Emerald City Locksmith is gone, but window postings promise they’ll unlock a new location on Harbor Ave in March; Fringe salon is just plain gone, with FOR […]