Here are some of the stories you may have missed during the holiday break. Happy New Year!
- Year in Review: Look back at 2015 on Capitol Hill with CHS — YIR 2015 / Capitol Hill’s most important stories / The year in Capitol Hill pictures / Capitol Hill’s food and drink booms again / The year in development
- #justice4hamza: Seattle Police said there was no evidence Hamza Warsame beaten before fall.
- Cal Anderson lighting: A newly completed study recommends a $780,000 investment to improve Cal Anderson Park lighting.
- Apartment real estate dealing: Chicago-based Equity Residential, the largest publicly traded owner of apartment buildings in the country, closed on a $33.5 million deal to acquire 15th and Madison’s The Pearl building.
The new Upper Bar Ferd’nand (Image: CHS)
- Upper Bar Ferd’nand: The sibling to the Melrose Market original pushed Capitol Hill 2015 openings near 40 with its debut in Chophouse Row.
- Scotch Pine: Lower Queen Anne-born barbershop the Scotch Pine moved to Capitol Hill, joining the new Ferdinand in Chophouse Row.
- Bike cafe opens: Peloton — cafe, bar, bike shop — debuted on E Jefferson.
- The cough syrup defense: The legal team for Louis Chen, accused of stabbing his partner and young son to death inside a First Hill condo in August 2011, is preparing to mount an unusual defense for the doctor.
- Anti-DUI effort: To give Capitol Hill revelers yet another safe option vs driving drunk or high this New Year’s Eve — and beyond — Seattle officials rolled out a new partnership with ride service Lyft to provide discounted and free rides in the city’s nightlife neighborhoods including Pike/Pine and Broadway.
- TV: A ‘shattered’ Pike/Pine starred in a Mercedes-Benz ad.
- Road rage arrest: Police arrested two 22-year-olds after one allegedly flashed a handgun in a road rage incident on Capitol Hill.
- NYE protest: One person was reported taken into custody during the annual “Noise Demo” protest against the juvenile jail at 12th and Alder.
