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With G humming on Madison, SDOT completes work on Route 48 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Project, the 23rd Ave RapidRide route that never was

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RapidRide G has settled in after a bumpy but much-anticipated start with service that probably falls somewhere below the loftiest goals of completely reinventing public transit along the Madison corridor. While the new G line and the changes and cuts to dozens of adjoining bus lines got the headlines, another important Central Seattle transit corridor also has been upgraded.

At one point, Seattle planned to make Route 48 and the 23rd Ave/24th Ave corridor a RapidRide route, too.

Years later, the Seattle Department of Transportation has completed work in the final weeks of summer on the Route 48 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Project.

Construction began in March to support more reliable trips for people riding the Route 48 between Mount Baker, the Central District and the University of Washington across the backside of Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

SPD says rare cello part of heist in $250K Central District burglary

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Seattle Police are asking for help tracking down a rare and very expensive musical instrument ripped off in a weekend 24th Ave burglary.

SPD says the rare 1890 Enrico Marchetti cello was discovered stolen along with bows and a blue and black carbon fiber case in a $250,000 burglary reported Sunday evening around 5 PM at a home in the 1600 block of 24th Ave near Pine.

“The homeowners found the residence had been broken into with the front door open and a window shattered,” SPD reports. “The cello was last seen on May 4.” Continue reading →

Wa Na Wari plans ‘competitive bid’ as Central District home hits market

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“Stunning 1909 Craftsman” homes hitting the market at $1 million in the Central District aren’t that unusual but the real estate listing for a new property that went up for sale over the weekend is.

The glamour shot for 911 24th Ave includes a distinctive “HOOD CLOSED TO GENTRIFIERS” sign in the front yard. A closer look reveals the house is the home of Central District Black arts and community space Wa Na Wari.

“Inside, the light-filled living and dining room provides plenty of space for entertaining, with a gorgeous wood-burning fireplace and classic hardwood floors that are sure to delight,” the listing reads.

The organization tells CHS that all is well with the nonprofit and the sale is part of the process of settling the estate of the house’s longtime family ownership. Wa Na Wari plans to launch a competitive bid for the house, the longtime home of co-founder Inye Wokoma’s grandmother, Goldyne Green. Continue reading →

Oxbow now providing bagels and baked goods — and a place to get out of the Montlake flow — on 24th Ave

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Traffic still roars through Montlake but the neighborhood is regaining spaces to pull over and enjoy a quieter moment — or better yet, walk in, and grab a few bagels.

Turns out, the name of the new Sea Wolf Bakery project CHS first reported on back in summer of 2020 is Oxbow — perhaps a reference to the rounding curve of busy 24th Ave through Montlake where crews tenaciously work on to create the new freeway lid over 520 and reshape this busy transportation and transit interchange. Montlake’s road diet won’t ever really happen — but there have been changes hoped to make the area safer for drivers, pedestrians, and bikers. Meanwhile, the city’s school zone speeding cameras continues to dole out tickets at record pace.

Hopefully your own diet has room for baked goodness including bagels, special breads, and, eventually, pizza. Continue reading →

Police: Double stabbing in 24th Ave/Madison apartment building was self defense

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Police say a double stabbing in 24th Ave E apartment building appears to have been an act of self defense.

Seattle Fire was called to the building near 24th and Madison just after 5 PM Saturday to the reported stabbing where two people were reported suffering wounds. Seattle Fire says the patients were reported as an 18-year-old transported to Harborview in serious condition and a 22-year-old who suffered less serious injuries.

Police say the incident began as an altercations between the neighboring tenants of the apartment building that “escalated into a burglary and a stabbing” — Continue reading →

Plans cooked up for new Central Seattle baked good goodness with Temple Pastries ready soon in the Central District and Sea Wolf Bakers a slower bake in Montlake

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By Vivian Cheung, UW News Lab/Special to CHS

The recipes for two projects to bring new baked goods and pastries to Central Seattle neighborhoods that came together before the pandemic have been — if you’ll pardon the metaphor — baking.

One in the Central District is ready to come out of the oven where Temple Pastries is set to debut its new Jackson St. cafe in a collaboration with Broadcast Coffee.

While in Montlake, it’s a slower bake on a big new addition to the neighborhood.

Sea Wolf Bakers is set to expand to 24th Ave with a new bakery and cafe to take over the space left empty when Capitol Hill gay bar ex pat Purr shuttered in Montlake two years ago.

Sea Wolf’s Jesse Schumann tells CHS the 24th Ave location is an expansion for the company set to debut next year after a buildout of a new bakery and cafe designed by Heliotrope to achieve the openness and light of the Stone Way original. Continue reading →

Central Area design board takes up 500 Broadway microhousing+hotel project

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Two projects set to come before the Central District’s design review board will add new housing neighboring the Liberty Bank Building and create an intriguing mix of hotel and apartment units on Broadway near Seattle U.

Thursday night’s session of the Central Area Design Review Board takes place at Washington Hall:

https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/event/central-district-design-reviews-500-broadway-and-1419-24th-ave/

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The first project on the night’s roster is up for what could be its final pass in front of the board. Anew Apartments is the developer on the Neiman Taber Architects-designed project to create an eight-story hotel building with “91 sleeping rooms for congregate residences” and retail on Broadway between Jefferson and James. Continue reading →

Earl’s Cuts — and, maybe, some legendary eats — set for new home in Liberty Bank Building

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At its annual fundraiser last week, Capitol Hill Housing announced some news about its Liberty Bank Building project at 24th and Union that hits right at the heart of the “inclusive” development.

Ready to be displaced by redevelopment of its longtime Midtown Center home, Earl’s Cuts and Styles will be moving into the Liberty Bank development, leaving its former home of 26 years on the corner of 23rd and Union.

Earl Lancaster, the Earl in Earl’s Cuts and Styles, is ultimately optimistic about the move. “I never thought I would have to move, but change is good,” he said. “The neighborhood is changing quicker than we would know, but I’m happy to be a part of it and continue to have a footprint in the central district, which is where I grew up at.” Continue reading →

Capitol Hill gay bar Purr’s new home? Montlake

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Capitol Hill is down one gay bar. Purr’s July “going away” party included an announcement of its surprising new home neighborhood…

Montlake.

Seattle Gay Scene has the scoop:

After nearly a 12 year run on Capitol Hill’s 11th Avenue between Pike and Pine Streets, Purr Cocktail Lounge will be packing up the video screens and vodka bottles for a new location in…Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood. That was the surprise announcement at Wednesday night’s “Purr Going Away Party” where owner Barbie Roberts thanked her regulars and staff for a great run at the 11th Avenue location but then made the announcement that everyone had been waiting to hear…where was Purr moving to? While most expected that the new location would be either on Capitol Hill, Seattle’s primary LGBTQ neighborhood or at least adjacent to the ‘hood, no one expected to hear “Montlake” as the new location.

Owner Barbie Roberts has said the move is an economic one with the more-than-a-decade-old lounge escaping soaring Pike/Pine rents. A former employee of Manray and The Wildrose, Roberts opened Purr in 2006 in the former home of the Bad JuJu lounge. In 2011, CHS talked with her about the features of a successful gay bar and surviving the changes of growth in Pike/Pine.

While Purr’s adventure off the Hill will bring more affordable rent and more than a few interesting rides on the 43, we’re sure, its new home will also come with some economic challenges. The Montlake Pub closed in the space after a rocky year of business — it closed so abruptly, CHS never had the opportunity to run a post on the new restaurant last spring. Before the pub, the Traveler family of neighborhood grills gave 24th Ave E a run after taking over for longtime favorite the Montlake Pub in 2014. 24th Ave and Montlake, meanwhile, are set for major changes with a new 520 lid and bridge work slated to completely overhaul the road network at the key interchange. Meanwhile, the approach from the north to the area is also planned for major changes in future stages of the 23rd Ave corridor “road diet.”

No opening date for Montlake Purr has been announced.

You can keep track of things on Purr’s Facebook page.