Sometimes — not very often — but sometimes, newsworthy events take place outside of Wallingford.
Here’s this week’s sampling:
- “One of the best known and most popular gardens in Eastlake is in trou
ble with the City of Seattle…” writes the Eastlake Ave Blog. Looks like there’s a little controversy brewing, and maybe a four-way stop coming to E. Lynn and Minor E. Let’s hope the solution extends beyond throwing fines at a parking strip gardener.
- CHS Capitol Hill Seattle reports a 3am holdup near Pike & Broadway. The shocker? The two robbers were 10 – 11 year old kids. And they were armed. Nobody knows who drove the getaway car.
- The U-District’s Grand Illusion Cinema is still fighting for its life. Read more at U District Daily here.
- In other movie-related business news, Fremont’s Rain City Video location is expected to close down soon. No word yet on when, but they’re already selling off their inventory at reduced prices. Details available at Fremont Universe. (Note: Rain City Video’s Ballard & Sunset Hill stores are not closing.)
- My Green Lake reports that Green Lake’s Medic One is pulling out & headed to the U District.
As a walker and a tree planter, I have a lot of respect for the Municipal Code guidelines for planting strips . . . especially the stipulation that plantings be kept to 24″ for the first 30 feet in either direction at a corner, the point where appropriate trees can be planted by permit. I wish guerilla stuff would by WAY out there and unusual and in plain sight but not in DPD or SDOT’s face; sight lines at corners (and elsewhere) are even more important these days with silent cars and drivers distracted by talking and listening while driving. The provisions are very easy to find on the SDOT web site and knowing what the rules are would be a good place to start. The height rule is intended, I believe, to especially benefit little people, pets, strollers, wheel chairs and cyclists. The Eastlake gardener’s energy could so be funneled into something that met code and soared.