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This week in CHS history | Black Lives Memorial Garden removal, city lets minimum wage tip credit expire, Joe Bar says goodbye

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Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:

2024

 

With 10,000 living without shelter, Seattle and King County have new plan for Regional Homelessness Authority


‘The right thing for wage fairness’ — Seattle set to let minimum wage tip credit expire

Repairs underway as city screwed up wheelchair access on platforms and every bus shelter on new RapidRide G line — UPDATE

As rising rents erode queer communities across Capitol Hill and the Central District, leaders pin hope on state rent stabilization legislation

40+ pictures and one pretty good JD Vance joke from the Halloween Pet Parade in Volunteer Park

2023

 

Burglary team pulls off overnight Capitol Hill pot shop heist by crashing car through front window — UPDATE

Design review: Developers want QFC block project to make room for 10 businesses, 170 apartments, 1 ‘tier 2’ tree — and they want to rise 6 stories on 15th Ave E to do it — UPDATE

Lil Woody’s Shibuya joins Capitol Hill, Seattle USA-born burger family

Call to save the Black Lives Memorial Garden after city announces Cal Anderson ‘turf renovation’ plan — UPDATE: two weeks notice

Seattle hit with ‘the little one’ as 4.3 quake shakes city

2022

 

‘What does it look like to change?’ — Kedai Makan is for sale, set to complete the Capitol Hill food and drink lifecycle on its own terms

Joe Bar closing after 25 years of community, coffee, crepes, and art on Capitol Hill — UPDATE

Sen. Murray points way to a ‘hometown shop’ with a stop at Capitol Hill’s Analog Coffee

Summit, Belmont, and Boylston: SDOT ready to complete overhaul of Pike/Pine traffic flow with new 4-way stops — including one of Seattle’s most dangerous intersections

City to unveil design concept for Kay Bullitt property, ready to start talking cost for a new Capitol Hill park

2021

 

With more than 40% of city’s homeless population living in vehicles, Seattle will restore enforcement of 72-hour parking rule — UPDATE

Millionaire’s Row gets new crosswalks and a four-way stop to help connect Volunteer Park to the rest of Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is getting a club dedicated to laughs — Club Comedy Seattle coming to 15th Ave E

With new ‘Neighborhood Residential’ zoning, Seattle hopes to change the language of housing development

2020

 

Ready to move beyond ‘new Capitol Hill,’ Lost Lake and Comet veterans teaming up on Post Pike Bar and Cafe on Broadway

SPD breaks up protest groups, makes arrests after Capitol Hill property damage

Youth soccer games, dining out with friends, and 11 PM last call — With areas like Seattle stuck in reopening, Washington fine tunes COVID-19 restrictions

As Durkan recall nixed, Sawant appeals her recall effort to State Supreme Court

2015

 

With 80 square feet of pride, tiny TNT Espresso says goodbye to Broadway

Sawant and Banks throw barbs — and take a few hits — in District 3 debate

First Hill Streetcar: 300 miles or so to go

Capitol Hill critics say Convention Center design a rush job — UPDATE

SDOT taking over Pronto bike share with plans to expand, go all-electric

 

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3 months ago

Good riddance the BLM garden got removed.

Tony
3 months ago

How’s this going? /rhetoricalquestion