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August 4, 2014
Sound Transit got back to us today, confirming it will acquire Northgate Station – the strip mall that houses Silver Platters, SAS Shoes and several other stores. The site will instead become a part of the link between the Maple Leaf Portal and the Northgate Light Rail station. “As the station and guideway construction plans …
August 4, 2014
Sharon emailed last week: “Probably you have noticed…my husband and I saw a land-use action sign re: the block across from the park (Northeast 86th Street and Roosevelt Way Northeast, I think) last weekend. “It announced a 20-unit mixed use development.” We hadn’t noticed. It’s the building/parking lot with the Maple Leaf Park design displayed, …
August 4, 2014
Sachiyo emails: I took my twins to the Maple Leaf park on 8/2 in the evening. I had my sunglasses (brown Coach sunglasses) that my sister bought for me when she visited me from Japan this spring and noticed they weren’t with me. I went to the area I thought I lost those (at the …
August 3, 2014
This post courtesy of our sister site Queen Anne View. This Tuesday, August 5th, is National Night Out, an evening to meet your neighbors, share a potluck or BBQ, host a kiddie parade, or compete in outdoor games. Anyone can organize a Night Out event for neighbors. You can even have your non-arterial street shut …
August 2, 2014
After the thunderstorms … an avian tableau. This young Merlin Sharp-shinned Hawk (right) is perched on a Douglas Fir high over Maple Leaf Life South. ———————————– Update: Simone texts from eastern Washington, where she is flying falcons to protect crops, that our Sharpie is in fact a Merlin, she believes. (Why? “Chunky body. Shorter tail …