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Who moved my trees?
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 29Who knows the answer to this? Emily emails: I live at the corner of Northeast 80th Street & Roosevelt Way Northeast, and after being out of town for a couple days, we came home to find two midsize trees gone from the parking strip on 80th! There are so... »
Cafe Javasti, Cloud City on list of Seattle’s best
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 23Watch out Maple Leafers, the secret is out! We’ve known for years that we have some of the city’s best coffee shops (and Chinese restaurants!), but it appears that the rest of Seattle is starting to catch on. A Big Blog post proudly displayed now on th... »
Snow, ice deter burglars, car thieves
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 21Apparently snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures are good influences on criminals. At right is the police crime map for the past week, since snow started falling last Saturday, Jan. 14. That’s a home burglary and a commercial burglary in the middle... »
A snowy morning trek to Northgate
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 18This Maple Leaf Life co-editor’s car is staying in the garage today, but a trek down to Northgate found that for many of the area’s retail and food establishments, it’s business as usual. If you can get there. The journey begins on a snowy Roosevelt Wa... »
Four inches of snow now on the ground – and streets – here
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 18Update 12:20 p.m.: A.W. Hoss & Son and COA Mexican Eatery & Tequileria have checked in on our Facebook page. Susie Hoss says they are one of the few places open on Roosevelt Way Northeast, and Edgar Carreon says COA will open at 4 p.m. Also, the mail j... »
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Density is People: Getting Started on Big Changes in Land Use
Seattle Transit Blog
Feb 01I said, in an earlier post, that there are three problems facing advocates of smart, sustainable growth in Seattle and around the Puget Sound. The first was a lack of a simple message around which to build the case for putting future growth in our citi... »
Rough Rider senior players to be honored at tonight’s Roosevelt High basketball games
Ravenna Blog
Jan 31UPDATE (Wednesday): The Roosevelt News has a wrap-up and slideshow of last night’s Girls varsity game. A piece on the Boys varsity game will join it later today, at that same link. At tonight’s Roosevelt High School varsity boys and girls basketball ga... »
Who moved my trees?
Maple Leaf Life
Jan 29Who knows the answer to this? Emily emails: I live at the corner of Northeast 80th Street & Roosevelt Way Northeast, and after being out of town for a couple days, we came home to find two midsize trees gone from the parking strip on 80th! There are so... »
Full Council vote on the Roosevelt Rezone (LIVE COVERAGE)
Ravenna Blog
Jan 28On Monday, January 30, at 2 PM, the Seattle City Council will vote on Council Bill 117379, better known as the Roosevelt Residential Urban Village rezone. We will be watching the live stream (via the Seattle Channel) from Ravenna Blog HQ and covering t... »
Cowen Park bridge work continues
U District Daily
Jan 27The Seattle Department of Transportation is still working to repair the 15th Avenue NE Bridge over Cowen Park. The southbound right lane will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Feb. 3, except on Monday, Jan. 30. Crews are using an under bridge inspe... »