Tag: central district
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The Bikery is moving to Hiawatha Place
With a focus on being inclusive and affordable, The Bikery has operated its volunteer-run bike shop out of a storefront at 14th and S Main Street for years. After successfully raising enough money to dig out of a financial crunch one year ago (thanks in part to many of you), the Bikery has reorganized and…
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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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City files charges in October hit-and-run at 29th and Jefferson
The city has charged Leo Etherly with charges of hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license stemming from an October 6 incident at 29th and Jefferson. The case has received a lot of attention not for the alleged hit-and-run, but for the rough arrest at 23rd and Union shortly after the collision. The woman struck…
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23rd Ave complete streets project will span the Central District
The main north-south arterial street in the Central District (my neighborhood) is going to get a big complete streets makeover in 2014-15. Currently designed like a four-lane highway, 23rd Ave is by far the most dangerous street in the neighborhood. Instead of being the heart of the CD, it is a barrier that slices the…
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Bike Master Plan: Central Seattle and downtown
This is the second post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the central neighborhoods south of the Ship Canal and north of I-90. Stay tuned for future posts looking at other parts of the city. Central Seattle is, not surprisingly,…
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Collision at 14th and Cherry sends man on bike to hospital
A collision at 14th and Cherry shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night sent a 35 year-old man to the hospital with a head injury, police say. The details of the collision are not yet clear. Officers on the scene took a report and forwarded it to Traffic Collision Investigators. As is typical in collisions, no…
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