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Attempted carjacking at 32nd and Cherry
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Jan 30Two men attempted to rob a woman at 32nd and Cherry around 7:30 p.m. January 24 by tricking her into pulling over, then threatening her with a handgun. A person driving by saw the victim waving for help and stopped. The helper posted about the experien... »
Leschi PTA featured in article on school fundraising
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Jan 30Sunday's front page Seattle Times article addressed the disparities sustained by different levels of parent-teacher association (PTA) fundraising. Madison Park's McGilvra elementary is featured as one extreme, a public school in a wealthy area with a ... »
City will remove Madison Park North Beach fence early next year
Central District NewsFeatured Stories
Dec 20The Parks Department will tear down a fence separating the Madison Park North Beach from Lake Washington after 67 years and several years of community debates. The fence could come down early next year. Some residents argued against taking down the fen... »
Urban flooding a concern as storm targets Seattle
KIRO TV North Sound News
Nov 22If Seattle gets several inches of rain as expected over the next couple days, a big concern for residents could be leaves. Many neighborhoods, such as Madison Park, are loaded with them, and when they get stuck in storm drains, they can cause flooding.... »
Madison Park: If fences make good neighbors, what happens when you take one down?
Crosscut
Nov 14The affluent Seattle neighborhood is embroiled in a controversy over whether to remove a chain-link barrier on the lake shore in a public park. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Fourth Quarter Real Estate Report 2011
Madison Park Blogger
Jan 24Sales were level, but inventory is way downMadison Park’s real estate market ended last year on a fairly positive note, with eleven houses and condos changing hands during the month of December. That’s better than the overall 8.5 average sales per mon... »
Open Houses This Weekend
Urbnlivn, A Seattle Condo & Real Estate Blog
Jan 20Chances are you are feeling a little cooped up by now with all this snow and ice. Cliff Mass tells us that the freezing temperatures are abating but there are still several days of rain coming. And, if you are dying to get out and see some houses this ... »
Beautiful but treacherous
Madison Park Blogger
Jan 19Bus route detoured9:00 am: Freezing rain has complicated the already difficult transit of vehicles in and out of Madison Park this morning. A driver on Metro Bus Route 11 just reported to us that E. Madison Street is in bad shape between 23rd Avenue E... »
Snow day !!!
Madison Park Blogger
Jan 18It began coming down sometime around 3:30 am, and since then the snow has not stopped falling on Madison Park. At this point (8:45 am) SDOT reports it's just sent a plow truck down E. Madison Street, which is a second-priority route for snow-removal c... »
Real Actual Listing Photos: Open House Edition
Seattle Bubble
Jan 17It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and ... »