opic A at last Thursday's Uptown Alliance meeting was the perilousness of pedestrian crossings at some of the neighborhood's busiest intersections. Participants in that discussion may be heartened to hear that Seattle City Council-member and Transportation Committee chair Richard Conlin just met with Ballard community members to discuss the subject, in light of a recent, serious accident at 15th Ave. N.W. and N.W. 87th St.
DRIVING WITH W. Had a chat with the President last night. He offered me a ride home, and I pitched FDR and TR as role models. Looking over from the wheel of the Lincoln, he said, "They were brothers, right?"..
March 2, 2005Julie HumlingSenior Manager, Long-Term Space PlanningBill & Melinda Gates FoundationP.O. Box 23350Seattle, WA 98102Dear Ms. Humling:The Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce wishes to express our support for the development of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus at the Fifth Avenue site adjacent to Seattle Center. We support the concept of a new multistory parking garage at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street. We endorse the idea of having a master plan process for the new campus.The Seattle Center Masterplan 2000 as amended provides for softening the boundaries between the Seattle Center Campus and the surrounding Uptown neighborhoods. With due consideration for security issues, we hope that the new campus will provide attractive frontage on Mercer Street, Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street.The Uptown Urban Center is an attractive, pedestrian-friendly place. A good first step in designing a frontage on Fifth and on Harrison can occur with the design of the proposed multistory garage.We hope that the design will address the sidewalk on Fifth, on Harrison and at the northeast corner of Fifth and Harrison with attractive commercial spaces and a gracious pedestrian-entry portal to the garage. We want to avoid the sterile sidewalk frontage presented by the existing Mercer St. garage structure between Fourth and Third avenues on both Mercer and Roy streets.We know that you share our concern for excellent design in urban centers. David PetersonPresident, Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commercecc: Mayor Greg Nickels, Councilman Peter Steinbrueck
Important and useful events in Queen Anne and Magnolia
Nancy has Leber's optic atrophy (LOA), a condition first described by Theodore Leber in the 19th century, in which certain genes lower the amount of energy available to cells of the optic nerve and retina, causing them severe damage. In 1990, Nancy began working at the Lighthouse as a machinist, running power equipment, riveting and doing other assembly work. She worked in that position for 18 months.
This Sunday presents an excellent opportunity to support two community institutions at one stroke and get something in the bargain. If you drop in to Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N., any time from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Emily E. White has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Emily is the daughter of Sally White and Mario White, both residents of Magnolia.
SPU releases autumn dean's list. The Queen Anne-based Auto-hound Collision Center was honored with the Collision Business of the Year award
In 1956, a band of brothers - director George Englund, actor Marlon Brando and screenwriter Stewart Stern - journeyed to Southeast Asia, soldiers not of war but in search of a great film story about those who quietly work for peace. That journey led first to "Tiger on a Kite," Stern's original treatment for a movie that never got made. Seven years later, in 1963, it wove into a movie as timely now as when it came out, "The Ugly American."
Abby Myers, a doctor practicing in Seattle, attributes changes in attitude toward postpartum disorders to two factors. "In the 1990s, there was a general decrease in stigma regarding depression as it became understood as an illness, not a personal failure," Myers explained. "In addition, the change in women's roles, the burden of multiple roles in modern culture, has led to less idealization of mothering."
Aaron Dixon is a committed community activist and Seattle native raised in the Central Area,saw kids that were falling through the cracks that didn't really fit in the [King County Family Services] profile. n 2002, Dixon left King County Family Services to build on his vision of helping young adults constructively move from their rebellious and headstrong, late teenage years into the newfound freedoms and responsibilities of their early 20s.
Events, meeting, schools, seniors, children, workshops and much more.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.
Three local youths honored at annual King County Youth of the Year Banquet
What's next? How about learning to overcome the challenges of aging? This is the subject of one of the many classes offered at Lifetime Learning Center (LLC), where "adults never stop learning" is the motto. LLC offers a variety of courses, from literature, art, music, to writing your own life story - all in a socially interactive atmosphere.