Alright, fess up. Whodunnit?

Shortly after the city opened a playground at 35th and Woodlawn as recompense to the neighborhood for hosting a garbage dump … errr … Transfer Station, some anonymous vigilante took it upon themselves to dub the otherwise anonymous play area Dump Park.

Apparently, Apple Maps understands that there are lots of places and businesses out there that don’t have an established means of making it into their database, so they allow anyone to add a place or business to the official Apple Maps list of locations just by submitting a form. It seems this is occasionally …

Karen O’Connor at the Seattle Parks Department sent over an update on the Wallingford Playfield playground equipment upgrade:

Seattle Parks and Recreation expects the new play area to be open by June 15, or earlier. Final design adjustments and severe weather slowed construction.

Due to safety concerns, minor design changes were required. The play structures are the same, but the planned mound under the play equipment needed to be removed. As a replacement for the mound additional play features have been added.

These include:

The Pacific Northwest Shop (4411 Wallingford Ave N) kicks off their 2019 Second Saturday of Spring trunk show series this coming Saturday, April 13th. In addition to their regular locally produced merchandise, they’ll have three artisans from the area in store showing their work.

Fusion In Glass: Jewelry from Kyle von Wrangel Kinsey’s Seattle studio will be on display. The description I was sent say that Kyle “works like a mad scientist to meld metals and glass into one-of-a-kind dichroic glass jewelry.” If you’re wondering what “dichroic” means, maybe this animation will help.

Mama D’s Farmhouse Baking Co: Mama D’s …

The Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) gets a steady stream of odd, interesting, experimental performances by local artists, thanks to the Wayward Music Series.

Every once in a while, one performance comes along that sounds so striking that I want to write about it, but I’m just at a loss for words. This is one them. Here it is:

SKINESPHERES
MUSIC of the PLANTS & other earthly dances
Live Music Soundscape by Rocco Strain / Eco-Sensuous Costume Design by Shelby Mae / Choreography by  Iván Espinosa
Thursday, April 4th 7:30 PM
Chapel Performance …

A management conflict over the “tiny house” homeless encampments, including the “Northlake Village” presently occupying the Seattle City Light land across from Ivar’s in Wallingford, has exploded over the past week, with the residents padlocking themselves in today and barring access to LIHI and City of Seattle staff from entering.

First, background is in order, accurately provided by Nickelsville’s own history page:

Nickelsville came about in response to the sweeps of encampments ordered by former Mayor Greg Nickels. 

After six months of  organizing Nickelsville set up on an unused piece of city owned land on West Marginal Way on September …

The city “swept” the Troll’s Knoll homeless encampment this past Monday. The encampment has been a source of both frustration and sympathy for the neighborhood, but had been what passes for home for a few dozen people up until this point.

The city is required to give advance notice of sweeps, to hold any property removed in storage for at least 70 days, and to provide shelter for anyone displaced by a sweep. According to KIRO, when the city Navigation Team arrived on Monday, most of the 20 or so tents at the encampment were empty, the residents having moved …