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CHS Pics | Ribbon cut on RapidRide G in a big month for public transit around Seattle — Service starts September 14th

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Local and federal officials cut the ribbon last week but you’ll have a few more days to wait for your first ride on the RapidRide G line.

Thursday’s ceremony featuring Federal Transit Administration Administrator Veronica Vanterpool and local officials in the First African Methodist Episcopal Church’s one-acre surface parking lot along E Madison was a photo op.

September 14th brings the real action as Metro buses roll out on the new $139 million route for the first time. The new five-door, 60-foot-long buses can load from both curbside and center island stations on the route. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | Broadway, Cal Anderson, and Volunteer Park filled with crowds and love as Seattle celebrates its 50th Pride

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PrideFest filled Broadway

The Dyke March mixed with the PrideFest street festival Saturday night on Broadway in a familiar and fun scene in the middle of Capitol Hill’s annual June celebration of queer community, culture, love, and, yes, commerce.

While Pride 2024 weekend didn’t have the sunny, blue skies of 2023, crowds still filled Broadway, Cal Anderson Park, and the AIDS Memorial Plaza where organizers also added Drag Queen Storytime and a pet drag show to the mix.

The night before, a sliver sky also greeted the 2024 edition of Trans Pride Seattle to its home this year in Volunteer Park where organizers at the Gender Justice League continued a grassroots ethos, forgoing corporate sponsorship, and sustaining the annual rally and party “to honor and carry the torch of our Transcestors who originated Pride as a means of both resistance and cultural communion.”

Friday’s Trans Pride

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CHS Pics | More scenes from Machiavelli’s last night on Capitol Hill

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CHS included a few images from the final night of service at Ristorante Machiavelli in our report on the real estate deals and development behind the closure that will transform its block but we wanted to also provide a few views of the night focused only on the good times and hugs from the Thursday, February 15th event.

Below, you can find more images from Machiavelli’s last night so you can remember the neighborhood favorite and get ready for what will come next on the block. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | Capitol Hill Art Walk does Pride

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At Six of Pikes (Images: CHS)

Chophouse Row (Images: CHS)

Steve Gilbert Studio (Images: CHS)

Thursday night’s Capitol Hill Art Walk was just the start of a busy weekend of Pride-powered activities in the neighborhood. Make sure to check out details of Parke Diem and the Pride edition of the “second Saturday” On the Block 11th Ave street festival here.

On CHS’s walk Thursday night, we visited the JRAT show at the No Bad Days gallery, took in a little of the Palace of Peen art show at Passable, visited the Steve Gilbert Studio (hi, Steve), stopped through a pop-up DJ show at the SUM K-fashion shop, stopped in Six of Pikes Studio and Vermillion (happy 15th birthday, Vermillion), and browsed a queer marketplace at Chophouse Row. Pfew! Busy night. You can check through the Capitol Hill Art Walk listings at capitolhillartwalk.com to learn more.

Save your energy. There is plenty more Capitol Hill Pride still to come.

More images from Art Walk, below.

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CHS Pics | Capitol Hill days of snow and ice

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Tuesday’s snow has become Wednesday’s ice and with temperatures forecasted to remain below freezing through Friday afternoon, you might as well enjoy it. Here are some of the scenes of snow and ice from around the Hill. There will be more to come, no doubt. Snow is likely to return again Thursday night before transitioning to a “wintry mix” into the holiday weekend. There could also be “freezing rain” and all the hazards that come with it. Stay warm.

 

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CHS Pics | A Grand Menorah in Volunteer Park

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Volunteer Park’s Black Sun pedestal lit up in the chilly December night Monday at a community celebration of the second night of Chanukah. The annual event organized by Chabad of Capitol Hill included music, plus latkes and treats, along with the lighting of the “grand menorah.” Meanwhile, Capitol Hill’s Temple De Hirsch Sinai shares most of its services online including a stream Friday night of the 4th Shabbat. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | The dream of 90 F days is alive in Seattle

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Seattle has never seen more than five 90 F days in a row before. With a string starting Tuesday, the city could match that record by Saturday. If the predicted cooling doesn’t quite show up in time, Sunday could bring a new milestone for Seattle’s march into a new era of hotter, more extreme summers.

CHS Pics hit the streets around Capitol Hill to see how the neighborhoods are handling the heat wave and found mostly chill scenes of people — and critters — trying to keep cool.

You can add your scenes and let us know what you’ve seen in the CHS Comments.

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CHS Pics | All the sides of Capitol Hill Block Party 2022

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Guess which side has beer

In June, Pride returned to its rightful space on Capitol Hill. It felt good to be there and have dozens of great pictures to share of the triumphant return after two summers of cancellations and postponements.

In July, another neighborhood tradition returned. Below, we’ve shared the scenes of Capitol Hill Block Party 2022 from inside and outside the fences — and from above.

We reported here on the return of the three-day music festival and its ongoing mixed relationship with Pike/Pine’s culture, neighbors, and small business community. Some of the images below are illustrative of the dynamic. There are glorious scenes of a summer party. And there are scenes of fenced-off neighborhood streets. The good news is we found a party on both sides.

 

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CHS Pics | After big Seattle events postponed last June, Pride 2022 starts with day of music and celebration in Volunteer Park

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Sure it was corporate. And sure the sky was gay gray. But this is Seattle circa 2022. Summer starts around July 5th. Big companies love Pride. And people like a good excuse to gather, dance, and enjoy a beer garden in Volunteer Park. And then there is the whole overcoming the pandemic thing. Last year, Pride’s big events didn’t even happen in June.

Saturday, Seattle’s return of official™ Pride season kicked off with Seattle Pride in the Park, the annual music celebration that has filled Volunteer Park with bands and LGBTQ+ love and community in recent years before pandemic disruptions. Continue reading →