Safe to say that development is a hot- button topic on the Hill these days. With major construction taking place on Broadway at the former U.S. Bank site, plus the prospect of large, mixed-use projects on former supermarket properties on Broadway's north end, the kinds of projects that will be built on the Hill, and how well they blend in and connect with the neighborhood, is a highly charged issue. One step aimed at making sure future development fits with Capitol Hill's vision for itself was taken last week by the Seattle City Council. On Aug. 15, the council approved the Capitol Hill Design Guidelines.
A Drawn Perspective by Jeremy Eaton
Seattle officials like to tell us we're too provincial. When they want us to swallow some grand scheme, they'll point to Copenhagen, Singapore, Manhattan, even Portland, and tell us we've got to emulate them and "grow up." Now we're being urged to look north to Vancouver. In particular, Mayor Nickels has used Vancouver to justify his new downtown plan, a plan designed to raise building heights and double the amount of office space. And at the request of developers, he's trying to fast-track the Seattle City Council to approve that plan before the year is out. In response, councilmember Peter Steinbrueck, chairing council's review of the mayor's plan, has called for a much more thoughtful review with approval of any changes coming no earlier than next spring.
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Well, it's that time of year again. The kids, at least the ones over 5, are going back to school. But there are still the little ones to entertain. And there is the weekend for those tired older scholars who need entertaining.But have no fear.You live in a major city that doubles as an area which features lots of things to do for parents and kids who want to, or must, hang out together. And not everything costs money.
At 88, the mischievous and slightly curmudgeonly William Cumming is both historical artifact and dynamic, practicing artist. One hundred and thirty of this local artist's paintings, sketches and sculptures are now on view at the Frye Art Museum, the largest retrospective of his work since 1961. Its curator Matthew Kangas views it as a tribute to the vital nature of the art of the Northwest. umming has spent most of his adult life in or near Seattle. By the time he was a teenager, he'd become the darling of Seattle's cultural elite. His sharp intelligence and artistic skill made him welcome in a circle that included critics, poets and artists of such stature as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Irving Anderson.
My son Kevin recently came up for the weekend. I was delighted to see him, but I suspected it was more than a desire to see his dear, old mother that brought him here. I was right. He had joined ranks with his sisters to approach me with the idea of moving to a retirement center or an assisted-living establishment. He and my daughter Robin suggested we do a senior-residence tour on Sunday.
The 14th annual Seattle Hempfest on Aug. 20 and 21 was expected to draw around 150,000 people to Myrtle Edwards Park, making it what organizers say is the world's largest event of its kind."It's surreal," Hempfest founder Vivian McPeak said of the growth of a gathering that began with a few thousand people at a smoke-in at Gas Works Parks in 1991.
Now is the time to for children to have their immunizations up to date for the new school year. Hepatitis B vaccine is now required for students enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students entering kindergarten through 12th grade will be required to show proof of having received two doses of measles-containing vaccine, one dose of mumps-containing vaccine and one dose of rubella-containing vaccine (usually received as the combined MMR vaccine). Varicella vaccine for chickenpox is not required this coming school year, but will be required in 2006.
A member of the Electronetts Drill Team gracefully marches in Columbia City during the Aug. 20 Summerfest parade, part of the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Spoken Word Festival. Photo: Glenn Nelson.
In the same way that Henry Ford might have doffed his cap to inventors of the wheel, Scott Graham and Cristy Aloysi owe at least a smidgen of gratitude to a group of bumbling chefs. Viscosity, their Hillman City art glass studio and gallery, celebrated its grand opening on July 15, 2005. But that event might not have been possible had it not been for the botched culinary efforts of their glass-blowing predecessors.According to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder, a group of hungry Phoenician traders came ashore for a meal long ago. In the absence of rocks they warmed their cooking pots atop lumps of soda from their ship. The heated material fused with the coarse sand giving birth to the first known glass and, eventually, places like Viscosity.
Well, it is that time of year again. The kids, at least the ones over 5, are going back to school. But there are still the little ones to entertain. And there is the weekend for those tired older scholars who need entertaining. ut have no fear. You live in a major city that features lots of things to do for parents and kids who want to, or must, hang out together. And not everything costs money.
Efforts to fix up Big Howe field near the Queen Anne Community Center got a boost in June when the Department of Neighborhoods awarded the project a $100,000 matching grant. But organizers of the Big Howe Improvement Project - a.k.a. B-HIP - still have a ways to go before they come up with the $418,000 needed for the total cost of the project.It could have been worse. Project organizers originally thought the price tag would be half a million dollars, based on preliminary research into proj-ects of a similar size in Seattle, said B-HIP co-chair Eleni Ledesma.
Seattle Public Schools Head Start program enrolls approximately 450 preschool age children from mainly low-income families at 15 elementary school sites in the district. Classes start Sept. 19, and fall enrollment is open through September. Parents and families interested in the program should call 252-0960 for an application.
Summertime is a great time for older adults to take advantage of the many healthy outdoor opportunities awaiting them, right in their own back yards.Regular physical activity for people age 60 and older reduces the risk of developing diseases that are among the leading causes of debility and death in our country - heart disease, colon cancer and high cholesterol, to name just a few. By engaging in some form of physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day, 10 minutes at a time, five days a week, people who are usually inactive can significantly improve their health and well-being.