Tag: capitol hill seattle

September 19, 2013

City’s first parklet is instant hit, Park(ing) Day to showcase more uses for car parking spaces

Parking is Seattle’s most boring powder keg. It’s fairly difficult for the average person to stay awake during a discussion about issues like parking minimums for developments and market-rate metered parking spaces (though Sightline does a heroic job of making it interesting). Yet if a project arises where a handful of car parking spaces are…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, cascade bicycle club, montana bar, park(ing) day 2013, parklets
May 8, 2013

CHS: Man bicycling inside Bartell’s store steals phone, crashes in parking lot

People from all walks of life ride bicycles in Seattle, including thieves with poorly-planned robbery schemes. Here’s a bizarre report from Capitol Hill Seattle: A clerk at the Harvard Market Bartell’s sustained minor injuries Saturday night when a man with a red mohawk and riding a bicycle inside the store attempted to steal a phone…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, crime
April 1, 2013

CHS: Car2Go helps police track down, arrest hit-and-run suspect

The young-but-popular car-sharing service Car2Go has helped police track down and arrest a hit and run suspect following a Saturday night collision on Capitol Hill, CHS reports. The victim and witnesses told police that the person driving a Car2Go turned into and struck the victim while he was riding a bike at Bellevue Ave and…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, car sharing, car2go, hit and run, injuries
March 14, 2013

CHS profiles Branford Bike, the ‘last bike shop on Capitol Hill’

It’s pretty hard to imagine that, with Velo Bike Shop moving from 11th and Pine to the new Via6 building in the Denny Triangle/Belltown area, Capitol Hill is now a bike shop black hole. The neighborhood now has a high end shop toward the north end, and is just a hop skip and jump from…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, branford bike, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, velo bike shop
February 26, 2013

CHS: Person doored at 14th and Marion searching for student responsible – UPDATED

Capitol Hill Seattle reports that a woman struck by an open car door on 14th Avenue near Marion last week was sent to the hospital with a broken shoulder and stitches. The person responsible is apparently a Seattle University student who was running late for class. To add insult to injury, the student took the…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, central district, seattle university
January 9, 2013

CHS: Woman in stable condition after bad crash on 10th Ave

A woman was knocked unconscious after crashing on 10th Ave E near E Miller in North Capitol Hill Tuesday night. Capitol Hill Seattle reports that the woman in her 50s was transported to the hospital with a head injury after apparently colliding with a parked car just after 6 p.m. The details of how the…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle