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Misdemeanor charges — and Capitol Hill SODA zone ban — for suspect in ‘war on graffiti’ helicopter chase

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No felony charges have been filed in the gunpoint arrest of a wanted tagger who was chased through the streets of Capitol Hill by a Seattle Police K9 unit and the King County Sheriff’s Guardian One helicopter late last month.

CHS reported here on the Tuesday night manhunt pursuing Montrell Shawn Clifton that stretched along Harvard Ave E with officers swarming the area as the law enforcement helicopter tracked the suspect from above.

SPD later said witnesses had reported Clifton pointed a gun in a confrontation near the building home to the Broadway Market QFC leading to the heavy-handed pursuit. Police were unable to locate a firearm. After his arrest, police say Clifton claimed the gun was a lighter. Continue reading →

Seattle seeks occupant for Bullitt House in the center of new Capitol Hill park

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The City of Seattle has started the search for an occupant for the Bullitt House, the 1955-built, H-shaped, A-frame home on its way to becoming a protected landmark at the center of the North Capitol Hill property donated to become a new 1.6-acre city park on Harvard Ave E.

The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department has posted a call for “letters of interest” for an organization or business to enter into a 10-year contract to occupy the house “and operate the facility, including a significance presence in the evenings.” Continue reading →

Cafe watch! Café Calaveras, Mintish, and a new Sugar Bakery on Capitol Hill — UPDATE: Eggslut, León Coffee House, and Offline Coffee Co.

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Cafe Calaveras is now open at Broadway and Yesler (Image: Cafe Calaveras)

There may be closings, shutterings, and shufflings, but the Capitol Hill area’s cafe scene seems to be thriving.

Amid a flurry of 12th Ave food+drink closures, First Hill-born Sugar Bakery is making plans for its second Capitol Hill opening in recent months. City permits — and a CHS tipster — indicate a new Sugar is being lined up for the former Plum Chopped lunch and salad spot. Continue reading →

Mintish, a ‘Levantine🇵🇸🇯🇴🇱🇧🇸🇾-inspired Coffee House’ with Seattle vibes, coming to Capitol Hill

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Thanks for the picture and tip, Tammy Jo

There are lots of ways CHS gathers local news. Ohe of our favorites is the reader tip. The latest comes to us from the CHS Facebook Group where longtime reader Tammy Jo got the scoop on a new cafe coming to Harvard Ave E — welcome Mintish:

Their tagline is Levantine roots. Seattle vibes. ❤️ We walked by and met Nano, who is opening Mintish with his brother in late August. (space was the former Bauhaus reboot) Coffee Teas and Food. Super friendly + the renovations look fresh & welcoming.

The new project is coming along in the Rubix Apartments building space where the Bauhaus reboot sputtered to a recent stop. Continue reading →

You’re right, the menswear guy — Capitol Hill’s Twice Sold Tales is pretty great

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CHS has been giving love to Capitol Hill’s Twice Sold Tales for years. We celebrated its 35th year of serving Capitol Hill book lovers here a few years back.

Owner Jamie Lutton and her Harvard Ave shop got some more love earlier this month with some attention from a social media tastemaker. Derek Guy — the @dieworkwear fella who has gained a wide following puncturing the tasteless shells of some of the worst people on the planet by sartorial examination — called out Lutton and Twice Sold in a recent post. Continue reading →

‘Construction Notice’ — City set to finally add markings and pedestrian lights where it wiped away guerilla Capitol Hill crosswalk three years ago

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Construction notices have been posted. The Seattle Department of Transportation says it is finally adding a crosswalk and flashing pedestrian signal at Harvard and E Olive Way, an intersection so dangerous, a rogue effort added guerilla-style street markings at the crossing three years ago.

The city quickly wiped away the Harvard-Olive Way rogue crosswalk. This summer, it is finally making good on promises to do the crossing right.

CHS reported over a year ago on the continued delay in improving the intersection just west of Broadway. Matt Baume, a neighborhood writer, has been documenting the crashes at E Olive Way and Harvard Ave E for a decade and wrote to D3 Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth last year to share his concerns after yet another crash, that time involving three cars and several passengers including a family with a small child.

Baume posted news of this summer’s construction notice to the CHS Facebook Group — “Thrilling news about the high-crash intersection where neighbors painted their own crosswalk, only to have the city remove it…” Continue reading →

Three arrested in Harvard Ave ‘narcotics/anti-crime operation’

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The Seattle Police Department says it arrested three people and seized fentanyl, meth, and cash in a narcotics operation on Harvard Ave E.

SPDS says the Thursday afternoon “narcotics/anti-crime operation” went down in the 200 block of Harvard just north of E Olive Way as East Precinct officers and SPD’s Community Response Group “made six proactive arrests, seized 65.5 grams of fentanyl, 3.5 grams of methamphetamine and seized 228 dollars in U.S. currency.”

SPD reports a 34-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were arrested and booked in the operation. Police did not have information on the third person arrested. Officers also took three more people into custody who were “identified and released.”

There were no reported injuries.

The busts follow similar operations around Cal Anderson Park and Broadway and Pike. The alleys along Broadway including the stretch near Harvard and E Olive Way where Thursday’s operation took place have been a target for officials facing ongoing complaints about crime and drug use in the area.

 

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Capitol Hill’s Korn Dog is now Chiqpa Small Chicken Patio where you can get giant chicken tenders… and Korn Dogs

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Capitol Hill’s Korn Dog era has ended — kind of.

New chicken tenders joint Chiqpa is ready to rule the roost — and maybe start its path to sharing its normal, mild, or hot tenders far and wide.

“Chiqpa is actually my first restaurant, and it represents a passion project for me. The inspiration behind it comes from my deep appreciation for Street Roasted and Fried Chicken Fast Food,” owner Babamyrat Davranov enthusiastically tells CHS. “I wanted to create a place where food is not just about the meal, but about the experience — a place where our guests can feel like part of the family.”

It has been a speedy turnaround for the Harvard and Pine space. Former tenant Korn Dog was serving customers as recently as last week. And, then, poof… Chiqpa emerged to take over the corner across from Seattle Central. The official complete name, by the way, is Chiqpa Small Chicken Patio. Continue reading →

Police say man shot self in genitals in reported Capitol Hill street robbery

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From SPD’s report on the incident

Seattle Police say that injuries to a man shot in the groin in what he said was an overnight street robbery on Capitol Hill appear to have been self-inflicted.

CHS reported here on the last early Thursday morning incident in which the victim said he was robbed and shot at Harvard and Denny by a black male with chin-length dreadlocks, wearing a beanie and a blue rain jacket.

The East Precinct’s report on the incident casts doubt on the victim’s story, reporting that the man first told officers he was held up but later admitted to police at the hospital that he shot himself. SPD says the man was hit with one shot with the bullet traveling “through his genitals and into his thigh.” Continue reading →

In midst of public safety worries, Capitol Hill EcoDistrict hopes to help change the way neighborhood spaces are used — including activating the top of the massive Seattle Central parking garage

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Seattle Central used the top of its massive Harvard Ave parking garage as the setting for its pandemic-era graduation ceremonies — a new plan hopes to activate the garage’s top level space

Catenary lights above Nagle (Image: @blitzurbanism)

As community representatives and city officials hope to make strides in addressing public safety worries around Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine and Broadway core and its popular Cal Anderson Park, an organization with deep neighborhood roots is helping to reshape streets and design in the area.

The Capitol Hill EcoDistrict has been working to increase sustainability and equity in the neighborhood for over a decade but its latest projects come as part of a large puzzle with some dire stakes.

“We have a bond to this neighborhood. We’re very deliberate in our work and specific to Capitol Hill,” said Donna Moodie, executive director of the EcoDistrict.

CHS reported here on the challenges facing Capitol Hill around Broadway between Union and Pine where the city says street crime and deadly drug use overlap at some of its highest levels. City officials are weighing initiatives for these areas that will include increased policing and prosecution as well as possible creation of a neighborhood ambassador program.

There are deadly consequences. The most recent example? 23-year-old Kenji Spurgeon, gunned down in an E Pine parking lot amid Pride weekend nightlife crowds.

Changing the way these streets look and feel is part of a longer –and hopefully more complete — path to making Capitol Hill safer. Continue reading →