The Queen Anne water towers next to a fire station and two tennis courts at Warren Avenue North and Warren Place are coming down. That's despite one of them - which boasts an ornate concrete façade - having been designated an historical landmark several years ago, according to Seattle Public Utilities.
Individual artists, groups of individual artists, arts/cultural organizations and/or community-based youth programs with non-profit status or sponsorship are invited to apply for the 2006 Youth Arts Program sponsored by the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.Youth Arts provides support for out-of-school arts training projects in all disciplines for Seattle's middle and high school youth. Professional teaching artists lead age-appropriate activities. Creative partnerships with artists and integration of arts into non-art-specific youth programs and settings are encouraged. Priority is placed on serving youth or communities with limited access to arts and culture.
OnTrack, a citywide group of Seattle citizens and businesspeople concerned about accountability on the monorail, recently filed an appeal of the Monorail Project's Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the grounds that it inadequately describes and addresses the impacts of the Green Line on Seattle's neighborhoods.
Interbay Golf - the nine-hole, par-three executive golf course and 80-stall driving range in Interbay - celebrated its fifth anniversary in October, settling into position as the only city-owned golf course that makes money in Seattle, according to the parks department, which oversees its operations.
John Marshall's family memoir hasn't sold a whole lot of copies over the past decade - 5,000, maybe - even though the book comes with glowing endorsements by the likes of Bill Moyers, David Halberstam and Tim O'Brien.
Everyone knows a map is not the place any more than a menu is the meal. Even so, a map all by itself can create and command its own fascinating sense of place.Between the covers of Magnolia resident Kitty Harmon's new book, "You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination," map lovers will find a lavishly illustrated paradise of nearly 200 pages.
Tom Zimmerman is 62 years old - no spring chicken, but apparently that's no big deal to him.While many people his age are beginning to consider Winnebagos and Arizona, Zimmerman is learning how to script, edit, produce and host a his own TV show, almost singlehandedly. He said "Sportfishing Northwest," which debuted March 26 on SCAN channel 77, Seattle's cable access station, is the culmination of a lifetime of fishing as well as a desire to initiate would-be anglers into the sport.
Citing a budget crunch for 2003 and 2004 as the reason, Mayor Greg Nickels' office has proposed moving away from its centralized management style - at least as far as the Seattle Police Department is concerned.
What a dreadful word - outsourcing. It evokes feelings, strong feelings that are opposite to the sensibilities generated by the word inclusive. The sheer definitiveness of the opening syllable: OUT.
The morning light that floods Layne Cook's studio is the best light for her to paint by, but her initial inspiration came from late-afternoon shadows. On a road trip with her husband, Cook noticed that the scenery was especially dramatic late in the day. Day after day, the "4 o'clock effect" infused ordinary landscapes with a special quality that begged to be captured on canvas. The 2001 road trip was pivotal for Cook's painting career. "I had just finished working as a kitchen designer," she said, "and was on the trip to start something new. I have always lived an artistic life, whether designing or painting, but I was looking for more balance in my life - less work and more travel, the time to entertain, volunteer and create. The trip was a new chapter."
Last week, Title Wave Books closed its doors after nearly 20 years of business.The closing of a bookstore always matters to me, because I love reading, writing and almost all the other endeavors associated with books.But the closing of Title Wave mattered even more to me because I worked there.
The 76th Academy Awards are shaping up to be, slot for slot, a gratifyingly credible contest. There's no "Chicago" - an obscenely specious artifact that became the second-worst film ever to win best picture - to dominate the nominations ...
One small step for The Seattle Times, one big kick in the craw for metropolitan Seattle.Regardless of the legal validity of the state Supreme Court's June 30 ruling stating, yes, the Times can include financial losses from 2000 and 2001 in exercising an escape clause in the Times/Post-Intelligencer Joint Operating Agreement (JOA), the real story is that Seattle has just inched closer to becoming a one-daily-newspaper city.
It's been an eyesore for four years, a boarded-up store front on a large parcel of land at a choice location. But major change is in the works. Demolition work began last week at the former Red Apple supermarket site, on East Pine Street between 14th and 15th avenues. What will rise from the rubble will be substantial mixed-use development.
If you go to Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' Web site, you will see that public safety is one of his first priorities. He states that we need to give police the tools, training and equipment to do their jobs. City government is eager to encourage citizens to report crime, to watch each others' homes and property, to work with city departments in making our parks and business districts safe and inviting for legitimate public use and a thriving local economy. Well, we are doing all of those things and have been doing them for a long time here on Capitol Hill and in the East Precinct. And frankly, I'm disappointed and disgusted. Why is the mayor not giving the police the effective tool of a fully-funded, dedicated, eight officer bike patrol for the East Precinct?
Basil was called the "herb of kings" by the ancient Greeks, though 4,000 years earlier it had been used in other parts of the world, namely in Africa and Egypt. The natives of West Africa used mashed basil leaves as an antidote to mosquito and snake bites. Basil tea is good for digestion and soothes the intestines. It's also good for migraines, headaches, motion sickness and pregnancy nausea.
My son Kevin came up for the weekend. I was delighted to see him, but I suspected it was more than a desire to see his dear, old mother that brought him here. I was right. He had joined ranks with his sisters to approach me with the idea of moving to a retirement center or an assisted-living establishment.
Queen Anne resident and Republican first-time candidate Angela Brink faces an uphill battle in the race for Position 1 in the 36th Legislative District.
