No victim found in Pine and Minor nightlife shooting

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Another nightlife burst of gunfire brought a swarm of Seattle Police to the area outside nightclubs and the new Voodoo Doughnuts just off Pine at the base of Capitol Hill early Sunday. No victim was found at the scene.

A fight and then gunfire were reported fired just after 2 AM as East Precinct police units streamed to the area near Still Liquor and the Vice Seattle nightclubs in front of the new doughnut shop. Arriving officers reported no victims at the scene but found multiple shell casings on the ground along the west side of Minor just south of Pine, according to East Precinct radio updates.

As Seattle Fire staged nearby to respond, police also checked nearby hospitals and Harborview for any reports of gunshot wound victims being dropped off. No victims were immediately located. Continue reading →

Belmont-Boylston ‘double house’ considered as landmark in preparation for Historic Seattle sale

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First Historic Seattle saved the old Boylston Ave house as part of a six-building preservation effort on the street. Now it is doing the work to have  its 1901-era, three-story apartment building at 1411 Boylston Ave recognized as an official city landmark as it prepares to sell the property. A hearing on the nomination will take place Wednesday.

Historic Seattle acquired six Belmont-Boylston properties in 1989 and rehabilitated the old houses in what it called the Bel-Boy project. The organization sold five of the six buildings in 2008. It says 1411 Boylston Ave was retained and has been operated as a 17-unit, single room occupancy, low-income apartment building. Continue reading →

Seattle Fire responds to hazmat incident at Broadway apartment building — UPDATE

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Image from a city traffic camera at Broadway and James

Seattle Fire was responding to a hazardous material call Saturday night at a Broadway apartment building.

According to emergency radio updates, SFD was called to the building in the 500 block of Broadway near James around 8 PM to investigate a reported “chemical suicide” involving a poisonous gas in a first floor unit.

Seattle Police were also called to the building.

One person was reported dead at the scene.

Traffic in the area was impacted by closures required and multiple emergency vehicles at the scene. Residents were also being evacuated from the building during the response.

UPDATE 9:25 PM: Seattle Fire says the deceased person was safely removed from the apartment and its crews monitored the building’s air quality, determining it was safe for residents to return.

Resources to help those in need: National suicide-prevention hotline: 800-273-8255. Local Crisis Clinic: (206) 461-3222. If you need immediate assistance, call 911.

 

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After 53 years on Broadway, Perkins Glass moves off Capitol Hill

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(Image: Perkins Glass)

A family business with a more than 119-year-old legacy in Seattle is leaving Capitol Hill.

How Perkins Glass lasted this long on Broadway is pretty incredible — an industrial shop that arrived on this end of the street 53 years ago when it was dominated by the empty garages and leftovers of its once grand auto row history surviving to have the sprawling electronic dance music nightclub venue Q as its neighbor.

Last week, Perkins announced it is moving to SoDo across from Home Depot.

The Puget Sound Business Journal reported here on the company’s $3 million purchase of its new 1st Ave S home and the division of the family’s Broadway assets that has Perkins moving forward under the family’s fifth generation.

The now former 10,680-square-foot glass shop in a 1904-era warehouse at 1420 Broadway remains held by the family who purchased the property in the 1970s and moved its long-running business to Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

‘Making Seattle safer,’ Davison joins City Hall incumbents seeking reelection in 2025

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Davison and Nelson, right, at a 2023 press conference (Image: City of Seattle)

The three main pillars of Seattle’s more aggressive approach to public safety will be asking the city’s voters to run the team back in 2025. City Attorney Ann Davison announced this week she will seek reelection joining Mayor Bruce Harrell and City Council president Sara Nelson in launching campaigns to keep their seats heading into August’s primary and November’s general election.

“In just three years, we’ve eliminated the inherited 5,000 criminal case backlog, refocused our efforts to crack down on frequent, repeat criminal offenders, and stood up for consumers and the environment,” Davison said in the announcement. “Working together with Mayor Harrell and the City Council, I’m proud of what we have accomplished, yet there is more work to do. By making Seattle safer, we’ll keep our quality of life high to keep Seattle an amazing place to live, work and raise a family.” Continue reading →

With echoes of its ‘grand lobby’ past, Piedmont Cafe now open on First Hill

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Enough of closures and looking back. Here is something new — though its inspiration is steeped in the past.

The Piedmont Cafe is now open on First Hill as part of an overhaul of the historic building now known as the Tuscany Apartments.

The Seneca Street site was once the Piedmont Apartment Hotel, “with exuberant colored tile and elegant ornament” from one of Seattle’s most prominent architects, the city’s entry on the historically significant structure reads. Continue reading →

It’s already the first second Thursday of 2025 — Take your first Capitol Hill Art Walk of the year

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Sandbox recently featured the work of Brandon Thomas (Image: Sandbox Seattle)

While the number of participating venues in tonight’s first Capitol Hill Art Walk of the new year falls just short of 25, that is still a hell of a lot of neighborhood art.

Start 2025 off right by checking out a venue or two on this first second Thursday of the year.

There is also a new participant in the Walk. Sandbox Seattle is a new addition to the mix adding a a video and photo studio, co-working space, and lounge at 1417 10th Ave. The studio is hosting a new exhibit from Lucille Groleau “featuring a series of eight oil paintings, six small 8×10 framed paintings and two larger pieces on stretched canvas.” Sandbox is also showcasing a selection of printed photographs from our local studio collective through January.

Learn more and check out a map of all participating venues at capitolhillartwalk.com.

For more neighborhoods things to do, check out the CHS Calendar.

 

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STG at Kerry Hall already in motion as Seattle Theater Group makes immediate use of its $6M Capitol Hill acquisition

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The group is calling its new venue STG at Kerry Hall

By Domenic Strazzabosco

After acquiring Kerry Hall from Cornish College of the Arts last November, Seattle Theater Group — the nonprofit that manages The Paramount, The Moore, and The Neptune — has quickly made itself at home in the neighborhood.

Groups and organizations are already utilizing the historic space and a full slate of programming is expected to be active as STG at Kerry Hall fully ramps up by summer.

At a building tour on Wednesday, STG’s Director of Education & Community Engagement Marisol Sanchez Best described crying from excitement over what the building would provide. She noted arriving that morning and feeling the space alive with the sounds of dancers and musicians practicing.

At the event, rooms were occupied by artists including Grammy-winning musician and decades-long Cornish professor Jovino Santos Neto’s trio practicing, as well as Mark Haim directing a large group of dancers, and Bailadores de Bronce, a folklorico group and longtime STG partner, practicing in the hall.

Nate Dwyer, head of STG, described acquiring the space as presenting the “awesome privilege to steward the building for another generation.” He said Wednesday that though some work had to be done to update and maintain the space, STG was able to begin using it almost immediately. Within just a few weeks of acquiring the building, STG programs began operating out of the rooms, and by summer, they hope to have full programming available to the public. Continue reading →

Slain Metro driver to be remembered Friday with downtown bus procession

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Metro driver Shawn Yim will be remembered by his city with a memorial procession of buses stretching through Seattle’s downtown Friday morning:

A memorial procession of several dozen buses and transit vehicles from Metro and agencies around the region is scheduled to leave Metro’s Central/Atlantic bus base at 10 a.m. The procession will travel north on Fourth Avenue to Broad Street, Fifth Avenue North, Mercer Street, Sixth Avenue North and then south in the SR 99 tunnel to Lumen Field. No personal vehicles will be included in the procession. Cross-street traffic will be temporarily held as the procession passes.

Metro says “several dozen buses and transit vehicles from Metro and agencies around the region” will participate and is encouraging the public “to allow additional travel time due to temporary traffic delays.”

The procession is scheduled to begin at 10 AM. Continue reading →