Tag: fairview

January 19, 2022

Watch: Biking to Pike Place Market via the U Bridge in 360 and hyperlapse

I’m trying something new on the blog today. I’ve got two videos for you. Well, really they are two very different versions of the same video, which I shot while heading downtown to pick up my daughter from preschool. The first is a short hyperlapse video showing the route at 15X speed: The second is…
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tagged: 360 videos, downtown, fairview, hyperlapse videos, university bridge, videos, wallingford
September 26, 2011

Safe Streets Social provides space for healing, calls for change

80 or so people gathered in Lake Union Park to ride in memory of people killed on our streets. But the Safe Streets Social was also about creating an opportunity for bicycle riders who have been shaken by news of recent bicycling deaths to come together and support each other, mourn those killed and take…
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tagged: brian fairbrother, dexter, fairview, mike wang, robert townsend, safe streets social, south lake union, south lake union park, university district
September 9, 2011

Nine days after bicycle wreck, Espresso Vivace Manager Brian Fairbrother dies

In a big hit to Capitol Hill, the city and coffee lovers everywhere, long-time Espresso Vivace barista and general manager Brian Fairborther has passed away after injuries sustained from a bicycle crash. He was 50 years old. Since news of the seriousness of his crash hit the city yesterday, there has been an outpouring of…
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tagged: brian fairbrother, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, deaths, fairview, fairview ave n, seattle times, south lake union
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
May 6, 2011

Metro and SDOT keep bicycle groups in the dark about rushed Howell St plans

If you have been on Howell St in the past week or so, you may have noticed spray paint markings on the pavement between 9th Ave and Stewart. This key bicycle route from downtown to Eastlake Ave, Fairview Ave E, the University Bridge and half of north Seattle and beyond is going to be redesigned,…
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tagged: downtown, eastlake, fairview, howell st, king county metro, transit, transit and bicycles
October 28, 2010

On Fairview and Fairview and the demand for free parking

SDOT held an open house last night to discuss plans to redo the intersection of Fairview N and Fairview E, near Eastlake Ave. The project was selected for funding by the Neighborhood Street Fund (see our previous post), and the open house was held to receive feedback on several design alternatives SDOT has drawn up.…
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tagged: fairview, neighborhood street fund