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This week in CHS history | 2020 Cal Anderson sweep, Post Pike Bar & Cafe opens, Mt. Bagel rises
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CHS Fiction | Cascade 3: Bootcamp, Zoom and Slack, Cal Anderson Park
Story by J.J. Krause
Bootcamp
The rain had returned, but Karen was too busy to care. She tore through the streets of South Lake Union in her white Tesla, searching for a spot. She saw a car leaving ahead and stomped on the accelerator.
Perfect! Right in front.
She parallel parked haphazardlyâsomeday the software would do this for her, but currently it was just too slowâand she dashed out of the car toward a building with the ground floor encased in glass. The glass was emblazoned with white lettering: âJOIN THE HUSTLE. THE BEST WORKOUT IN THE WORLD.â
She pushed through the door, under text in the same font that read, âBARRYâS.â
It was empty inside except for two women behind the front desk. Karen power-walked toward them to check in. Luckily, she was already in her workout clothesâmatching purple Lulu tights and tank top. Her bellybutton peeked out provocatively between.
âGo right in! Theyâre about to start,â said one, flashing searingly white teeth. Continue reading
Hollingsworth bids political farewell to Mayor Harrell, looks ahead to 2026
Hollingsworth flanked by outgoing council president Nelson and D4 representative Rivera (Image: City of Seattle)
Harrell was at Hollingsworth’s side as she won the D3 seat in 2023
District 3 representative Joy Hollingsworth will face a new landscape at Seattle City Hall in 2026 as she bids a political farewell to mentor and ally Mayor Bruce Harrell.
“His mother, Rose, and my grandmother worked together at Model Cities, a federal initiative dedicated to affordable housing, health and family services, youth programs, job training, and community-led planning,” Hollingsworth said in a recent message to constituents in the wake of Harrell’s election loss to Katie Wilson.
“From this work grew organizations like CAMP (now Byrd Barr), El Centro De La Raza, Head Start, Minority Health Clinics, and education reforms that helped shape generations of civic leaders, organizers, and public servants of color,” Hollingsworth wrote. Continue reading
Report still underway but review of SPD crackdown on May 24th demonstrators in Cal Anderson ends early over leaks
The review of the Seattle Police Department’s crackdown on demonstrators against an anti-trans Christian group’s rally in Cal Anderson Park in May will be incomplete.
The Seattle Office of Inspector General announced last month it suspended the “Sentinel Event Review” process around the May 24th arrests over leaked information from the confidential meetings. Continue reading
E Madison’s Cayton Corner is open — Muralist wanted to add the tiny park’s final touch
Construction on neighborhood pocket park Cayton Corner is complete and the public space needs a paint job. The search for an artist to create a new mural in the park at 19th and Madison is underway.
The Friends of Cayton Corner and neighboring Hearing Speech and Deaf Center are working with the Seattle Parks Foundation to hire a local artist or artist team to create a mural at the newly completed park.
“This project will celebrate the parkâs namesakes, Horace Cayton Sr. and Susie Revels Caytonâearly Black leaders, publishers, and community buildersâand honor the neighborhoodâs history of resilience, diversity, and creativity,” the groups say. Continue reading
Effort grows to keep Cal Anderson Park busy and safer with event and gathering spaces — and not a fence in sight
The shelterhouse (Image: CAPA)
With reporting by Hannah Saunders
As the city is gathering feedback on activation strategies it hopes could help address public safety concerns around three Capitol Hill parks including one the parks department said it needed to fence off to reset after bouts of “negative park activity,” a resource at the center of the neighborhood’s most important park should become a bigger part of the mix of activities at Cal Anderson in the year ahead.
A year ago, the Cal Anderson Park Alliance reactivated the parkâs shelterhouse as a means of providing a free space for neighborhood residents to utilize for game nights, meetings, activities, and more. Since this launch, the group says the shelterhouse has been used almost daily, there will be places to sit and hang out in the nearby Capitol Hill Station plaza, and funding coming down the pipeline will allow for additional staffing hours for the shelterhouse and the nearby Cathy Hillenbrand community room, stretching opportunities for the public.
âThere are so few spaces that you can reserve that donât cost a lot of money, that arenât a pain to get to, and we have tried to make this as accessible as possible,â Brie Gyncild of CAPA told CHS. âOut of both spaces now, weâre seeing more community feed opportunitiesâŚitâs just about anything you can think of; there are support groups that meet regularly, there are a lot of community meetings.â Continue reading
Shop the Hill? Capitol Hill Art Walk, Shop the Chop, and Capitol Hill Holiday Wine Walk
Thursday night will bring some fun holiday shopping opportunities around Capitol Hill.
- Capitol Hill Art Walk: The December edition of the monthly second Thursday art walk will include Shop the Chop at Chophouse Row with holiday crafts, a pop-up market, and specials from the 11th Ave complex’s merchants, restaurants, and cafes. Meanwhile, a dozen or so galleries and venues will be hosting art walk gatherings across the Hill. Learn more at capitolhillartwalk.com.
- Capitol Hill Holiday Wine Walk: Head up to 15th Ave E for an evening of pop-up tasting rooms hosted by the streetâs shops and small businesses at the first ever Capitol Hill Holiday Wine Walk:
Get your Holiday spirit going early and taste some of Washingtonâs finest wines while checking out local merchants on the bustling 15th Ave. E District in Seattleâs Capitol Hill neighborhood. Attendees receive tasting tickets to redeem for the wines of their choice from 15 local wineries located at pop-up tasting rooms hosted by area retailers featuring a variety of regional wines.Â
Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
Looking for more “shop local” ideas? Here is CHS’s 2025 Shop the Hill Map with walkable shopping options in neighborhoods across the Hill.
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In âvisionâ for public safety, Wilson sticks with Chief Barnes
Barnes flanked by new recruits (Image: SPD)
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson has opted for continuity and announced she will retain the Harrell administration’s cadre of first responder and emergency department leaders including Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes.
“They are each committing to lead their departments in accordance with my vision of community safety,” Wilson said in her statement. “With active partnership and direction from the Mayorâs office, I believe these leaders can work together and form a unified team committed to strengthening coordination, reform, accountability, and results.”
In the announcement, Wilson said she will retain Barnes, Seattle Fire Department Chief Harold Scoggins, Office of Emergency Management director Curry Mayer, and CARE Chief Amy Barden.
Criticized during her campaign for her support for police defunding principles, Wilson has said she will grow efforts to civilianize more of the work currently saddling the Seattle Police Department, expand alternative responses like the Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department crisis responders, and fix the cityâs âbrokenâ police accountability system. Continue reading
‘Rescue extrication’ — Overnight crash near Capitol Hill Trader Joe’s leaves woman trapped in car
17th and Madison from the CHS Facebook Group
A massive emergency response formed near the E Madison Trader Joe’s overnight for a “rescue extrication” after a collision around the corner at 17th and E Olive St. left a woman unconscious trapped inside her wrecked vehicle.
Seattle Police and Seattle Fire responded to the crash at 12:30 AM on the rain soaked night to find the car on its side and the victim unconscious and trapped inside. Continue reading
Kha-Bar will dance onto Capitol Hill in 2026
Chitralekha Majhi
12th Ave will be a busy area for new food and drink in 2026 as Kha-Bar prepares to bring the flavors of East India and Bangladesh to Capitol Hill.
Kathak dancer and choreographer Chitralekha Majhi and husband Manash Majhi are making a leap into the restaurant business with hopes of creating a mellow new neighborhood hangout right next to the NOD Theater and eXit Space School of Dance.
“I want it to be a neat and clean space, not too upscale but at same time nice,” Majhi said. “Not loud with off white, black, and pastel green that is calming and relaxing.” Continue reading
