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Not Boujie: Change in plans has Marjorie making nine-block move to the Central District

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Fans of 14th and Union’s Marjorie already had some good news to soften the blow of Donna Moodie’s decision to shut the restaurant down after 13 years on the block and 20 years of business in Seattle. The busy restaurant entrepreneur and one of the few black owners in Seattle food and drink was preparing plans for a new Boujie Bar in the Central District.

Now, Moodie says she wants Marjorie to live on — Boujie Bar will have to wait. The restaurateur announced the switch in plans in a recent Seattle Times interview saying the 23rd and Union project will be “Marjorie 3.0” after her start in Belltown and eventual move in 2010 to Capitol Hill.

“I just couldn’t part with Marjorie,” Moodie told the Times. “It came to me when I was in the process of saying goodbye.” Continue reading →

With one of the first mass-timber highrise apartment buildings in the United States about to open, researchers test how wood will stand up to a major Capitol Hill earthquake

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The Heartwood under construction. It opens for residents soon at 14th and Union. (Image: Timberlab)

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The eight-story Heartwood is ready to open above E Union as the first one of the first mass-timber highrise apartment building in the United States. Tuesday, University of Washington researchers will conduct a test simulating a major earthquake on Capitol Hill and how a life-size, larger version of a ten-story, cross-laminated timber building holds up to the shaking of “The Big One.”

CORRECTION: The Ascent in Milwaukee opened in July 2022.

You can watch the test live and see how the building holds up — or doesn’t.

“Mass timber is a new material, so we are testing it in a taller building as a proof of concept and to study if this is actually feasible — there aren’t any buildings in the world that are 10 stories and have structural systems made entirely of timber,” UW Civil & Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student Sarah Wichman said in the university’s announcement about the project.

Unlike the Heartwood which is being readied to open soon for residents at 14th and Union, the test building the UW students are jostling using a giant shake table facility at the University of California San Diego is timber all the way down to its seismic bracing. At Heartwood, the team from DCI Engineers used steel lateral bracing and a concrete foundation to steady the first of its kind building. Continue reading →

SDOT adding 57,000-gallon stormwater tanks as part of Madison RapidRide G bus line construction

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One major reason construction of the Madison RapidRide G bus line will take years not months is the heavy load of utility and infrastructure work the city has piled on to the project. The latest extra digging accompanying the transit project is taking place on Capitol Hill’s 10th Ave E where a stretch of the street will be closed for two months for the installation of a massive stormwater tank system to capture runoff.

The Seattle Department of Transportation says a short stretch of 10th between Union and Madison was closed for two months starting Monday for the project where crews will dig a trench in the street and install piping to build the stormwater tank in sections. Once sections of the tank are installed, the trench will be filled with dirt and the next segment’s work will begin. Water testing of the tank will follow and then the street must be repaved. Work crews will first remove the remaining street surface and then grade the entire area and repave it, SDOT says.

The new storage tanks are designed to be able to hold up to nearly 57,000 gallons of water when needed. Continue reading →

Street signs mark a Central District legacy on the new D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Way

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A portion of E Union linking two important corners in the Central District’s history and community has a new name.

New honorary street signs have gone up marking D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Way.

At a ceremony marking the new honorary designation, De’Auzjanae Pickett said it was a fitting way to remember her brother.

“As you guys all know, this block, this scene as a whole, played a major role in D’Vonne’s upbringing and who he was and who he is and where his legacy will continue to go,” she said.

This week, loved ones and family were joined by Mayor Bruce Harrell, and City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda at a ceremony marking the installation of the new honorary street signs joining the existing E Union signage just west of 23rd and Union, the Liberty Bank Building, and Midtown Square.

“Even as we mourn the tragedy of his loss, we know that his legacy will live on forever in the hearts of those who he inspired, especially the many young people he mentored as they become the future leaders of this city,” Harrell said. Continue reading →

Seattle City Council to vote on designating part of E Union as D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Way to honor slain business owner — UPDATE

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KeAnna Pickett and D’Vonne Pickett, Jr. at the 2018 opening of The Postman (Image: CHS)

The Seattle City Council is scheduled for a Valentine’s Day vote to honorarily designate E Union between 21st and 22nd Avenues as D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Way.

UPDATE: The resolution passed in an unanimous 9-0 vote.

“D’Vonne embodied and internalized the belief of being ‘HEAVY’ over airy in all of his endeavors, particularly in his role as a family patriarch, as a mentor and a friend to almost everyone he encountered throughout life, a sentiment he often uniquely expressed in the form of his favorite catchphrase, ‘Stop Playin!,'” the resolution being introduced by Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda reads. Continue reading →

The Postman reopens at MLK and Union

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KeAnna Pickett reopened Central District mailing services shop The Postman Wednesday just over a month after her husband was gunned down outside the MLK at Union business.

“We made it!!,” the Postman’s announcement reads. “We are finally back open.”

D’Vonne Pickett, Jr. was gunned down October 19th outside the mailing services shop he opened KeAnna in 2018. The father, business owner, and youth football coach was 31. D’Vonne Pickett told CHS in 2018 his grandfather served as a mail carrier for the USPS in Seattle for nearly 40 years and was an inspiration for the store. Continue reading →

Business owner shot and killed at MLK and Union — UPDATE: Arrest

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A memorial has been formed outside The Postman

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A man was shot and killed near MLK and E Union Wednesday night in the Central District.

Police were sent to the area after multiple 911 callers reported gunfire just before 6:30 PM.

Seattle Fire was called to the scene to a report of a man down with a gunshot wound to the abdomen at the address of The Valley Apartments and multiple businesses including Joyce’s Market and The Postman “mail and business” shop.

SPD said the victim was transported to Harborview where he died. Continue reading →

‘Come Say High’ — Forbidden Cannabis joins the Central District as Seattle marijuana industry equity efforts continue

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The Forbidden crew in Lacey (Image: Forbidden Cannabis)

A family of Washington pot shops now spans from the banks of the Columbia to the Central District. Forbidden Cannabis Club opens Friday on E Union.

Meanwhile, Seattle has a new set of policies hoped to improve equity in the city’s cannabis industry.

CHS reported in July on the deal to purchase Central District pot shop Ponder and its E Union property coveted both for the value of its land and its cannabis license just down the street from the headquarters of one of the city’s leading pot retailers, Uncle Ike’s.

With the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board approving the transfer, the transaction is now a done deal and Forbidden has announced its September 23rd grand opening with promotions and sale prices. Continue reading →

Coming soon Fern Thai Eatery and Bar will put 10th and Union Soi restaurant space back in motion

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A space born in a brief era on Capitol Hill when bigger was better will finally go back into motion next month with a new restaurant at 10th and Union.

Fern Thai is expanding from its Bellevue Main Street original and taking over the large space left empty when Capitol Hill Thai concept Soi went dark during the pandemic.

Fern Thai says it plans to be open on Capitol Hill in September.

Husband and wife restaurateurs Gabe Wiborg and Yuie Helseth Soi were the first to grace the restaurant space, opening with a northeastern Thai-flavored menu and cocktails in the expansive Broadstone Infinity building in August of 2015. After finding success with their first restaurant venture in Kent Thai concern Banyan Tree, the couple were joining the booming Capitol Hill food and drink scene. Continue reading →

Passable, a space for the ‘intersection of art and technology’ — and pinball — on the backside of Pike/Pine

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With reporting by Elizabeth Turnbull

Amid the bars, restaurants, clubs, and shops, there is a collaborative arts space making a place for creatives to connect and work on the backside of Pike/Pine.

Passable is a makerspace that has survived the pandemic and now inviting new members for “playful collaboration at the intersection of art and technology” and “access to shared resources and exhibition opportunities.”

Located at 1005 E Union, the shop offers space for “both clean and ‘dirty’ projects” depending on the type of art and technology work you may want to pursue. Resources include woodworking and power tools, an electronics workstation, a Glowforge laser cutter, And 3D printing. Continue reading →