Tag: capitol hill

September 7, 2011

Long-time Vivace general manager seriously injured in bicycle crash – UPDATED

Brian Fairbrother, a 20-year veteran of Espresso Vivace, was seriously injured in a late-August bicycle crash, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Comments from long-time customers are pouring in expressing their condolences. CHS reports that Fairbrother will be taken off life support Thursday in accordance to his wishes. Details of the wreck are not clear, but a…
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tagged: brian fairbrother, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, fairview, fairview ave e, injuries, vivace
August 15, 2011

Capitol Hill Courier launches intra-neighborhood bike delivery sevice

If you live on Capitol Hill, Kelly Milligan wants to get you stuff by bike. He started a hyperlocal courier service last week, which I wrote about over at CHS: So, let’s say there’s something on Capitol Hill you want, but you don’t feel like or can’t get it to your Capitol Hill home or…
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tagged: bicycle economy, capitol hill, capitol hill courier, capitol hill seattle, kelly milligan
July 19, 2011

Velotropolis neighborhood bike tour kicks off CSA-by-bike service

Sean Conroe from Alleycat Acres, Liz Nixon from Bike Works, the wonderful folks from Clean Greens and your humble Seattle Bike Blog editor have been working on a side project called Fork + Frame. The concept is pretty simple: Clean Greens (operated out of the Central District with a farm in Duvall) has more locally-grown…
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tagged: capitol hill, central district, clean greens, csa, events, fork + frame, velotropolis
June 28, 2011

New bike route will connect Cherry St downtown to Broadway

SDOT is moving forward with plans to create a bike route to connect Broadway and Capitol Hill to downtown via Cherry St. Today, First Hill is something of a black hole of bike routes in the city’s center, and the new route aims to help people get up the hill safely and with as comfortable…
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tagged: 2011 paving, bike lanes, capitol hill, central district, cherry st, downtown, first hill
June 14, 2011

Man uses bicycle to fend off knife-wielding assailant

Seattle Crime reports that a man used a bicycle to defend himself from an assailant with a butcher knife around 1 a.m. June 10 near Minor and Pike. The victim said he was standing near his friend’s bike when the suspect tried to take it. They started yelling and shoving, and the suspect pulled out…
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tagged: capitol hill, seattle crime, violence
April 26, 2011

Seattle Crime: Police catch thief stripping parts from bike on Broadway

Seattle Crime reports that officers caught a man who was stripping parts off a locked bike in front of the post office at Broadway and Denny on Capitol Hill. Officers apparently watched the man for several minutes as he struggled to remove the bike’s handlebars around 2:40 a.m. April 22. From Seattle Crime: Officers watched…
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tagged: bike thefts, broadway, capitol hill, seattle crime, spd