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The Lakeview ‘wedge’ house, Egan House latest historic home to hit Capitol Hill-area real estate market

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Listing: “The Egan House, with its stark geometric shapes and sleek black & white color scheme unapologetically emphasizes its stand-out qualities. While some details (floating staircase, open volumes,…) were aligned with a formal Modernist approach, others were imbued with romance and an art-first attitude.”

Spring 2024 seems to be a good season for those in the market for landmark-worthy homes for sale around Capitol Hill for under $1 million. The historic Egan House is now for sale along Lakeview Blvd E below the St. Mark’s greenbelt for $995,000.

The 1959-built modernist wedge was designated an officially protected city landmark in 2009 about ten years after preservation advocacy group Historic Seattle acquired the property in a $240,000 transaction.

The group says selling the Egan House now out of its portfolio fits in with its history of preserving and respectfully developing and improving properties, leasing them to generate income, and, eventually, selling them to reinvest the proceeds in the organization and new opportunities: Continue reading →

Design review: Board asks for better greenbelt connection in Lakeview slope condo development

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A condominium development proposed for the literal edge of Capitol Hill’s westernmost slope will return this week for a second round in the early phase of the city’s design review process.

The virtual design review session will look at the latest plans for 1578 Lakeview Blvd E — a planned six-story, 40-unit development along Lakeview Blvd E that is also envisioned as a way to hold back at least one small stretch of the eroding, crumbling slopes of Capitol Hill’s western edge above I-5. Continue reading →

After Blaine Street Steps escape, SPD K9 Pele tracks down auto theft suspect carrying cash-stuffed fanny pack

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Tracking down a stolen Volvo on Capitol Hill and excellent work by department K9 Pele netted police a warrants suspect, dozens of bags of stolen goods, and a fanny pack filled with thousands of dollars in cash and stolen credit cards.

Police say the Volvo was tracked via GPS to the 1700 block Lakeview Blvd E Tuesday night just before 9 PM where officers found four suspects, “several of whom were moving items from the Volvo into a waiting BMW.” Continue reading →

Can development help keep Capitol Hill’s slide-prone western edge from slipping?

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(Images: PB Architects)

We ask a lot of the designs for Capitol Hill’s new multifamily developments. A new project in the works is going to be asked to help hold up Capitol Hill — literally.

Set for its first session in front of the East Design Review Board this week, a planned six-story, 40-unit development along Lakeview Blvd E is being envisioned as a way to hold back at least one small stretch of the eroding, crumbling slopes of Capitol Hill’s western edge above I-5.

“Terracon, our geotechnical engineers have recently studied the soil and did test borings, and found the hillside to be stable,” the property owner and developer writes about the project in a recent response to community feedback on the proposal recorded in the city’s permitting system. “The soil that is to be removed during construction will be done in sections. As each is removed, tie-backs will be installed to insure stability. The new buildings themselves will then add permanent stability to the whole hill.” Continue reading →

SPD searches for suspect after reported Belmont Ave E stabbing — UPDATE

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Seattle Police were searching for a suspect who reportedly fled on foot after a stabbing incident near Belmont and the Melrose connector trail Sunday night. UPDATE 9:20 PM: The suspect was tracked down and taken into custody nearby around 9:10 PM.

According to East Precinct radio updates, police were searching for a suspect who reportedly stabbed a female in an assault inside a vehicle near the location.

Seattle Fire was called to the scene around 8:51 PM. We do not yet have information on the severity of the victim’s injuries. A private ambulance was called to the scene for transport to Harborview, typically a sign of non-life threatening injuries. UPDATE: According to radio updates, the victim was stabbed in the arm. UPDATE x2: SFD says the victim in her 20s was transported in stable condition.

Seattle Police were searching the area of the trail and along Lakeview Blvd E.

UPDATE 11/25/19 10:51 AM: SPD says the assault seems to have stemmed from a domestic violence situation. The stabbing victim reportedly deployed pepper spray at some point of the assault. Police say the male suspect was also found to be carrying narcotics at the time of his arrest.

Seattle Fire revives woman in Lakeview parking lot after reported overdose

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Seattle Fire medics rushed to save a 26-year-old woman who stopped breathing in a reported drug overdose Thursday night in a parking lot at the base of Capitol Hill along Lakeview Blvd E.

Emergency crews were called to the 1000-block of Belmont Ave E just before 8 PM and took over CPR on the woman inside a car parked in the lot who was unconscious and not breathing but had a pulse, according to Seattle Fire radio dispatches.

Photographer Tim Durkan said that medics were able to revive the woman and shared this image and report from the scene. Continue reading →

Cops and K9 chase down Melrose carjacking suspect

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East Precinct officers with the help of an efficient K9 unit quickly tracked down an armed carjacking suspect after a chase from Melrose Ave to the area under I-5 below Lakeview Blvd early Wednesday morning.

According to SPD radio dispatches, the victim in the carjacking reported the black Honda CRV was taken by an armed male wearing a camouflage jacket and black beanie around 1:50 AM on Melrose just north of Pine. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | 4th of July 2016 fireworks from Capitol Hill’s I-5 Shores

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I-5 Shores teemed with masses again Monday night for Capitol Hill views of Seattle’s 4th of July fireworks celebration over Lake Union. Across Melrose and Lakeview Blvd, CHS again found thousands of you lined up and facing northwest to see what the latest optimizations to ancient flammable powders and colorings could cook up. CHS was a fan of the corny red, white, and blue bursts in the 20-minute-plus performance’s finale. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | 4th of July 2015 fireworks from Capitol Hill

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IMG_0590 (Images: Alex Garland for CHS)

IMG_0358Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… we just hope you took your wretched refuse with you. Here is the view CHS found this year as thousands again chose a Capitol Hill vantage point to enjoy the 4th of July fireworks display over Lake Union. This year, CHS joined the largest Hill gathering point on the shores of I-5 at Lakeview and Belmont to take in the show. We also stopped by the annual Cal Anderson Independence Day Picnic earlier Saturday as neighbors enjoyed free hot dogs and fun on a fourth day of +90F heat.IMG_0511

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Where to see fireworks from Capitol Hill, USA! 239th birthday + 13th Annual Cal Anderson Park Independence Day Picnic edition

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My country, tis of thee, sweet land of Liberty — and many other fine craft cocktail bars.

(Images: Andrew Ahlstrom and Alex Garland for CHS)

(Image: Andrew Ahlstrom for CHS)

In the true spirit of America, this post is assembled annually by an algorithmically controlled robot drone that adjusts for witty references to current weather conditions and is programmed for sly inclusion of timely cultural references. It also features a self-correcting typo replacement system that slowly improves the quality of this post over time. This year, we have also plugged in the dataset describing the annual Cal Anderson Independence Day Picnic. You won’t find fireworks there — but you will find all of this almost completely free fun:

10850000_939848332704735_1418089447549648979_n (1)The most fun FREE community party of the summer. Brought to you by theCal Anderson Park Alliance, this totally FREE, inclusive for families of all types event is the epicenter of fun. Plus, it ends early enough for you to get to your fireworks viewing situation. Bring your Dads, Moms, kids, dogs on a leash, friends, lovers, hula hooping neighbor, parrot, cat on a leash, cute new date, babies, co-worker, bike polo playing friends, ping pong enthusiasts, favorite bartender and/or people who like burritos. Continue reading →