Housing for the homeless and low income people is a challenge in any economic environment, and maybe more so during our Great Recession. The North Seattle Herald has an article about the proposed low income housing at the parcel where Cyndy’s House of Pancakes is located. Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is the organization sponsoring the…
Category Archives: Aurora Avenue N
Bus chicks and nerds
OK, forget the headline. It wasn’t really my idea. It came from this story (from the News-Tribune in Ballard) about living car-free in Seattle. I found the interview with Seattle’s self-named “bike chick” interesting and helpful. Living car free is not easy in Seattle. I did it for years as a young person in Chicago,…
Sunflowers Sprout on Aurora!
The Aurora Traffic Safety Project together with Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors, Sustainable Green Lake and Epic Life Church recently unveiled a 10’ x 50’ mural at 102nd and Aurora at the North Park Grocery. According to a press release from SDOT: “The project was created to help Aurora gain a competitive edge in tough economic…
Design Review for Cyndy’s Replacement
An important design review meeting about the building to replace Cyndy’s House of Pancakes at N105th St. and Aurora Ave. N is being held on October 25. As reported earlier this year, the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is proposing to build 87 units of low income housing on the site. Here is a link…
Problem Hotels on Aurora Closed
Problem Motels on Aurora Ave. N Closed Below is the news release from the City of Seattle NEWS ADVISORY SUBJECT: Aurora Motels Plead Guilty to Criminal Tax Evasion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/28/2010 12:30:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Mills (206) 684-8602 Four Aurora Avenue motel corporations entered guilty pleas on Tuesday to criminal tax violations…
Gasoline Alley, the forgotten part of Aurora Avenue
By Gabriel Campanario (reprinted from The Seattle Times)May 2, 11:13 a.m. [View larger] [Map] Some people complain about the poor urban planning around Aurora Avenue and its current state, some believe it’s beyond repair and some actually do something about it. Meet 82-year-old Richard Dyksterhuis, a former school principal turned activist. He is the force…
Two potential jail sites scrapped
But four new ones appear: In Seattle, Bellevue, Shoreline and Redmond By HECTOR CASTRO P-I REPORTER Last updated November 20, 2008 9:54 p.m. PT http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388709_jail21.html Planners have eliminated two candidates out of four in Seattle that were potential locations for a new regional jail, and now Bellevue, Shoreline and an area near Redmond are under…
A new jail in North Seattle? Residents say no
Last updated July 12, 2008 4:46 p.m. PT By BRAD WONG P-I REPORTER The message from North Seattle residents Saturday about a jail on Aurora Avenue North was loud and clear: No inmates here, please. About 175 people gathered at North Seattle Community College to tell city leaders that a proposed 7-acre facility to hold…
Haller Lake residents want to lock out jail
Reasons given to build elsewhere: Schools, driving range, distance By DEBERA CARLTON HARRELL P-I REPORTER Residents of Haller Lake understand that Seattle neighborhoods aren’t exactly clamoring for a new jail. But out of four city-proposed sites, Haller Lake “is the worst,” residents of the North Seattle community said at a meeting Thursday night. Concerns go…
Change may be coming to Aurora Avenue North
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/366269_aurora09.html Cindy Potter and son Elliott, 7, pass a vacant lot on Aurora Avenue North near North 89th Street, next to the Green Lake Motel, which was closed in May because of health code violations. An assault on Aurora led Potter and others living nearby to form a group that aims to clean up trouble…
