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Glasswing celebrates ten years of fashion and design on Capitol Hill

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As Capitol Hill’s independent retailers welcome holiday shoppers, fashion and design shop Glasswing is celebrating a decade of shopping on Melrose — and plans for a leafy Pike expansion that will help boost its growing “plant design” business.

“I was just looking at photos of the shop when we opened in 2013, and it’s truly amazing to see the growth of where we were then, and where we are now,” co-owner of Glasswing, Alisa Furoyama said. “Today, it feels full of life and with such thoughtful care put into every little corner of our space. We can only exist and continue working on this project because of our amazing customers and community.”

Following several years operating as a pop-up shop, Glasswing signed their first lease a decade ago at 1525 Melrose Ave. November 24th marks their 10 year anniversary. Continue reading →

Voodoo Doughnut making plans for new Capitol Hill shop — UPDATE

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UPDATE: Voodoo sent over this rendering of how they’re planning the new Capitol Hill shop will look

 

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Voodoo Doughnut is finally planning to come to Seattle at the base of Capitol Hill.

Plans filed last week show details of a new Capitol Hill shop in the Booker Building at the corner of Pine and Minor next to the Melrose Market.

The space is currently home to Lan Hand-Pulled Noodles and Pho 4 U and has been home to a recent churn of food and drink efforts.

It will neighbor Pine-born burger chain Li’l Woody’s which is celebrating its own expansion to Japan, and Capitol Hill classic Italian restaurant Machiavelli — also planning its own expansion to Edmonds.

The Puget Sound Business Journal was the first to report on the Voodoo expansion Tuesday as it noted the new shop will be the second planned in the state.

The company has not yet confirmed its plans. UPDATE: “We’re thrilled to finally bring some Voodoo Magic to Seattle,” CEO Chris Schultz said in an announcement from the company. “It’s been many years in the making and the Capitol Hill neighborhood is the perfect site for our first store,”

A Voodoo store coming to the neighborhood has been rumored for years.

Before any opening, there is work to do to prepare the circa 1912 building’s interior for its new life. There is also the doughnut box-pink Voodoo paint job to consider. The Voodoo announcement did not include a planned opening date but said there will be “months” of preparations before the new store opens. Continue reading →

With Levantine flavors and natural wines from Cantina Sauvage, Cafe Suliman coming to Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market

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Ahmed Suliman and Marc Papineau (Image: @cantinasauvage)

 

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The Arabic flavors of Cafe Suliman are set to join Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market with natural wine purveyor Cantina Sauvage joining up to return to the space that started their partnership together.

Ahmed Suliman and Marc Papineau have a history on Melrose, both working together at Bar Ferdinand and Sitka and Spruce which grew in the market before fading into Capitol Hill food and drink history. The new cafe, marketplace, and bar will open in the same location where Bar Ferdinand was created.

“This place is probably the third or fourth that I looked at and I felt I was just following my heart — really that is what this place is,” Papineau said.

The space Papineau and Suliman are moving into is a partnership between their respective businesses. Cantina Sauvage, Papineau’s business, will act as the wine bar while Suliman’s business, Cafe Suliman, will be the restaurant and market — joint ventures in the same space.

Suliman is curating the menu for the space based on his childhood growing up in the United Arab Emirates. Shaped by pop-ups across Seattle, Cafe Suliman is an homage to his Middle Eastern culture.

“A lot of those recipes are based on the foods I grew up with and also my late mother,” Suliman said. “It’s a space that I really wanted to share with her as a tribute.” Continue reading →

Driver strikes rider along new Melrose protected bike lane route

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A bicyclist was taken to Harborview Tuesday night after being struck by a driver at the intersection of Pine and Melrose.

Seattle Fire tells CHS the 31-year-old was taken to the hospital in stable condition after the collision.

The driver in a black BMW with dealer plates was reported to have remained at the scene. Continue reading →

Seattle Fire mounts Melrose ‘hazmat’ response after meth lab reported in apartment building

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A disturbance and police activity on Melrose Ave led to a Seattle Fire hazardous material response Thursday morning after the discovery of a “meth lab” at the location.

According to SFD and emergency radio updates, firefighters were suiting up for the hazmat response in the 1600 block of Melrose near E Olive Way after the report of a “small drug lab” in one of the building’s second-floor units.

Earlier around 9 AM, police had been called to a reported disturbance at the building and were looking for a suspect seen walking from the scene with a rolling bag and a backpack. Continue reading →

The mall? Pike/Pine? Or both? Two big name retailers quietly flame out on Capitol Hill

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Frankie4 in shinier days (Image: Frankie4 Shoes)

Believe it or not, there is corporate calculus going on in the world that goes something like this: Should we open our U.S. flagship store in the hip and vibrant neighborhood of Capitol Hill — or University Village?

CHS brings you this revelation as we catch up on the reporting about two instances where that calculation quietly flamed out after shiny starts in Capitol Hill retail.

Recent weeks have brought the demise of two fashion retailers that settled on the Hill but couldn’t ultimately make a go of it in the neighborhood. Continue reading →

With echoes of the ‘Broadway bikeway Smurf turds,’ SDOT making repairs to cracking Melrose Promenade barriers

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The Seattle Department of Transportation hopes a few steel rods will keep its latest solution for quickly, affordably, and hopefully safely protecting bike lanes from cars from going the way of the notoriously flimsy “Broadway bikeway Smurf turds.”

The department has responded to issues identified in the newly installed concrete separators on the bike lane portion of the Melrose Promenade project with a plan for a quick and longer-term fix.

CHS reported here on the final pieces of the $4.3 million project moving into place including the new protected bike lane that officials hope will make for better Capitol Hill connections to Seattle’s growing network of safer streets. Continue reading →

Over a decade in the making, $4.3M Melrose Promenade’s final pieces include new bike lane, better Capitol Hill connections to Seattle’s growing network of safer streets

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Construction on the $4.3 million Melrose Promenade project, aiming to make walking and biking safer, accessible, and attractive along Melrose Ave on Capitol Hill, is planned to be completed in June.

Seattle Department of Transportation crews have been working on the final pieces of the project: a new protected bike lane between E Pine and Denny, reconfiguring street parking on the west side of Melrose, new crosswalks on Pike and Pine, new curb ramps, and sidewalk repairs. Melrose at Pike and Pine’s decorated community crosswalks will be re-constructed later in the summer.

The project is one piece of a community vision of a “Melrose Promenade.” Central Seattle Greenways, an organization comprised of community members who advocate for safer streets, helped work on that vision alongside the Melrose Promenade Advisory Committee (MPAC) 10 years ago. Creating a series of events titled “Muffins on Melrose,” CSG advocates talked with passersby about the street’s potential over free muffins and coffee.

MPAC’s website has been lost due to age, but a 2013 document lists their ultimate goals: improving pedestrian safety, new bicycle connections, additional connections to other forms of transit, and creating pedestrian green and gathering spaces. Continue reading →

911 | $5K armed jewelry hold-up outside Capitol Hill bar, cop car ‘sabotage’ reported at Broadway climate change protest, CD drive-by arrest

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  • Minor Ave jewelry heist: A man reported being held up for $5,000 in jewelry in an early Saturday morning gunpoint robbery outside Capitol Hill’s Still Liquor. SPD said the area resident called police to report the hold-up that went down on Minor Ave just after last call Saturday morning and said the armed trio who ripped him off made off with his two chains worth a combined $5,000. The gunman and the two accomplices reportedly fled the area from Pine and Melrose on foot. Police searched for the group but reported no arrests. SPD provided no suspect descriptions in its report on the armed robbery. Nightlife gun violence has been and ongoing issue in the area with several shootings related to the now shuttered Mint Lounge. Continue reading →

Glasswing closing its E Olive Way Greenhouse but still growing at Melrose Market — UPDATE: Another garden closure as Plant Shop shutters

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Though it only was able to bloom for a short time before the COVID-19 crisis set in, the Glasswing Greenhouse brought a burst of life to the corner of Melrose and E Olive Way. Glasswing hopes to continue the growth at its Melrose Market location as it is shutting the Greenhouse space down:

Though the Greenhouse is closing its doors at this location, Glasswing will continue to offer all of the same “green” community services and specialty products that their Capitol Hill neighborhood has come to know. They have expanded their plant and garden assortment in-store at their main shop, located just a block away at 1525 Melrose Ave. Their workshop program released class dates for Spring and during the transition to a new space, these workshops will be hosted out of the Melrose Market, adjacent to Glasswing.

CHS reported here on the opening four years ago of the live plant shop outgrowth of Glasswing Forest Eckley and Alisa Furoyama have created a lush greenhouse at the corner of E Olive Way and Melrose in the former home of John John’s Gameroom. The building had been in the running for one of E Olive Way’s open spaces for retail marijuana but didn’t make the final cut. Continue reading →