CHS found hungry, surprisingly still thirsty crowds in search of coffee and more on 15th Ave E Thursday afternoon on a brilliantly sunny, but freezingly subdued start to 2015 on Capitol Hill. Down the street, baby Pippa and family were enjoying her first hours on the planet after a 2:13 AM birth at the Group Health Family Beginnings Birthing Center. Under plans announced in 2014, Pippa will be the last Baby New Year ever for the center as a new partnership is put in place for Group Health members and maternity services are transitioned to Swedish’s busy First Hill facility. Around 1,700 babies were born at the 15th/John Group Health facility in 2013.

Happy New Year to little Pippa! First 2015 #Seattle @grouphealth baby born at 2:13am, 7lbs 18inches! #NewYearsBaby pic.twitter.com/YTbXjCJrgI

— Group Health (@grouphealth) January 1, 2015

Feeing nostalgic? Take a look back at 2014 on Capitol Hill with our CHS Year in Review coverage:

CHS Year in Review 2014: Development  |  Food+Drink |  Most Important Stories | Year in Pictures

Below, you’ll find more scenes from the start of 2015 from around the Hill via the CHS Flickr Pool. Happy New Year!

Forgot to post the sweet Space Needle fireworks from Capitol Hill. Had a blast hanging with my awesome crew! Crappy recording due to frozen hands, thank you. #2015 #seattle #fireworks #bestisyettocome #hill

A video posted by Tim (@timmiegee) on Jan 1, 2015 at 7:43pm PST