
People, again, lined E Pine on Memorial Day for a free burger thanks to Li’l Woody’s (Image: Li’l Woody’s via Facebook)
Feeling a little behind? Here are some of the more important stories covered by CHS in the past week. Catch up!
- City Hall announced a new plan to patrol Cal Anderson with park rangers and put more SPD feet — and bikes and hooves — in the public space.
- The holiday weekend appears to have been relatively quiet around the park as far as public safety issues go as “predictive policing” patrols have already begun.
- After 21 years, Theater Schmeater is looking for a new home.
- A Sunday afternoon fire caused $100,000 in damage at this North Capitol Hill home.
- An I-5 bridge fell into the Skagit River. Here’s a look at “Seattle’s worst bridges” and the massive maintenance backlog to blame.
- State Senator Ed Murray won an expected — and important — endorsement on his home turf.
- Seattle City Council members are pushing three requirements for new legislation to better regulate microhousing.
- Pop-up retailers are finding relative bargains on rent in Capitol Hill storefronts destined for redevelopment.
- ORCA cards are now available at most QFC and Safeway Capitol Hill grocery stores.
- The Social won’t return to E Olive Way but there is plenty of interest in the space.
- Developer Mike Malone says his planned 8-story E Pike development should be a model for projects in the Pike/Pine Conservation District. The project gets its first run through design review Wednesday night.
- Black Coffee is learning what it takes to operate an anarchist collective as a successful cafe business on Capitol Hill.
- Tacos Chukis is expanding.
- Molly Moon Neitzel will join a first-time food+drink entrepreneur in a new ice cream and cookie shop venture on 19th Ave E — Coming soon: Hello Robin.
Thanks, Lil Woody’s. Even though I didn’t get one, it was a nice thought– if for no other reason than to remind me how thankful I am that I have better things to do than stand in the rain for an hour with a bunch of other losers, just to get a free hamburger.