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Capitol Hill’s Hudson House apartments to become CoLEAD supportive housing on Summit Ave

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(Image: The Easton Group)

Capitol Hill’s Hudson House apartments, long operating as single-room occupancy rentals, is entering a new chapter under a supportive services partnership with Purpose. Dignity. Action., according to filings with the city.

Located at 1712 Summit Ave, the 1906-era 61-unit building has been serving as studio micro-apartments since its $4.5 million acquisition by the The Easton Group from Pioneer Human Services in 2024. Rents hovered around $799 a month, plus utilities.

Under its new plan, the building is being utilized as supportive shelter. On-site staff provide will provide intensive harm-reduction case management, room support, and exit coordination to guide residents off the streets and into housing, according to a recent job listing.

PDA, formerly known as the Public Defender Association, is a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to creating non-punitive, community-based alternatives to traditional criminal legal responses. Rather than developing or owning real estate, PDA focuses on diversion services, systems reform, and care coordination.

Ripples of the city’s increased spending on supportive housing and transition from eras of halfway houses and transitional apartments continue to be felt on Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

It’s no ‘Pine/Pike’ but you can celebrate April Fools’ 2025 with a Poop Donut

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The great Pine/Pike prank of 2011

There have been some great Capitol Hill April Fools’ pranks over the years. 2011’s Pine/Pike sign switch stands out. 2014’s Costco Coffee? Also a winner.

2025? At least one neighborhood prank planned for April 1st is looking pretty sh…

…ockingly chocolately.

CHS doesn’t receive a lot of press releases with subject lines like “Poop Donut” but when we do, we open the email. Take it away, Mighty-O:

This month we have a highly anticipated launch of our Poop Donut that we roll out once a year in honor of April Fools Day!

We’re a local business that is turning 25 this year. Would you be able to help us get the word out? Any exposure would help us immensely! Here’s some info:

Seattle’s Mighty-O Donuts is selling a specialty “poop” donut for April Fool’s Day! Grab this dookie donut to play the ultimate prank on your friends, families, coworkers, and strangers by taking a big delicious bite!

The poop donut pre-orders open on March 18th for pick up on March 31 and April 1st. Limited supply will be sold in store on these two days so be sure to plan your pranks & place your poop pre-orders now!

You can order yours today or swing by the 12th Ave and Madison location and hope you get lucky Tuesday. CHS recommends splurging and adding the googly eyes for a quarter.

Meanwhile, another Hill doughnut shop will also join the April Fools’ Day prank trend. You can check with Summit’s Top Pot to get your hands on their limited edition Habanero Old Fashioned — “⁠Allergen Warning: Please note these spicy treats do contain real peppers. Please be mindful of food allergies when attempting this prank,” Top Pot notes.

 
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The Summit hustlers: Weekly pool competition draws shot makers and neighbors to Capitol Hill pub

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By Matt Dowell

“Some fat ass cats show up here,” said Ronnie on a recent Wednesday night at the Summit Public House. He’s a regular at the pool table there and he’s been shooting pool on Capitol Hill since the ’90s.

Summit’s free-to-play table attracts good players on any night of the week. But for the last few years, a weekly Wednesday night tournament has become a center of the scene.

Show up around 7 PM on a Wednesday and you will see players warming up. A stack of cylindrical cue cases abuts the long bench at one end of the table. Competitors chalk up with focus, break racks with a whip crack heard around the bar. As Katy, the organizer, takes $10 buy-ins, she adds names to the bracket on a nearby TV screen.

It might look serious to an outsider, especially one who doesn’t play pool. But chat up a few people gathered around and you’ll quickly see there’s more to it than the game.

“They’re fat, but friendly cats,” Ronnie revised. “I like the competitiveness here, and the chill. Everybody’s friendly. Everybody polices themselves. You can come out here [to the patio between games] and smoke your cig, your doobie, your spliff.”

“It’s a good way to spend some time on a Wednesday night.”

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Cornelly ready to expand from Capitol Hill with new Queen Anne pizza and pasta joint

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Part of Capitol Hill’s pandemic-challenged food and drink class of 2020, Cornelly craft pizza and pasta is adding a second, larger location in Queen Anne.

Sam Carroll talked with the Seattle Times about his plans. Cornelly’s expansion with a second location in the former Queen Anne Cafe space will be three times the size of the Summit Ave original and, adding some neighborhood envy to the news, the new spot will also have a bar. Continue reading →

‘Help A Beloved Family-owned Corner Store Recover’ — Neighbors rally to help Summit Foods recover from damaging break-in

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Neighbors have helped raise thousands of dollars to help support a Capitol Hill convenience store recover from repeated damaging break-ins.

A fundraiser for Summit Foods is close to its $10,000 goal thanks to the generosity of its customers and nearby residents of the Summit Ave shop that provides daily necessities on the western slope of Capitol Hill but has been targeted in smash and grab burglaries that have hobbled the business. Continue reading →

RIDER ALERT — Route 3’s arrival on Summit part of changes and cuts to dozens of bus lines as RapidRide G service begins in September

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Thanks to CHS reader Matthew for the picture

The neighborhood around Summit Ave is celebrating. New signs have gone up announcing the September start of service in the area on Route 3, one of several bus lines King County Metro is adjusting — and deleting — with the launch of the RapidRide G line on Madison.

The first #3 bus will mark the return of Metro service on the street since Route 47 was stalled in a pandemic-era suspension.

The gains of I-5 Shores are the losses of Queen Anne. Like so many routes being adjusted, the #3 change comes with some bad news for somebody. In this case, the route’s old path to Queen Anne is being sliced away. Continue reading →

Seattle Fire rescues one, quickly knocks down blaze in 116-year-old Capitol Hill weekly-stay hotel

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The 1908-built Curben Hotel on Summit Ave still stands after a fire Saturday morning required at least one person to be rescued during the response.

Seattle Fire was called to the 1700 block of Summit just south of Denny just before 6 AM to respond to an upper floor unit on fire in the three-story building.

Arriving firefighters performed a ladder rescue of at least one person. Seattle Fire reports they were treated at at the scene and in stable condition.

Crews were able to quickly bring the fire under control and a search revealed no additional victims.

It is not clear how many people will be displaced from the area of the building where the fire occurred in the longtime weekly-stay hotel.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Seattle Fire reports.

 
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Metro’s plan for RapidRide G service changes includes return of bus service to Capitol Hill’s I-5 Shores

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A new Metro coach ready for the center-loading RapidRide G line (Image: Metro)

King County Metro is planning for the return of Route 47 to serve Capitol Hill’s Summit and Bellevue Ave neighborhoods — kind of.

Metro and King County Executive Dow Constantine have arrived at a finalized plan for changes to area bus routes to better connect and optimize service with the planned 2024 opening of the RapidRide G bus line on Madison.

CHS reported here in December on Metro’s ongoing process to weigh rider feedback against available resources and hopes for increased service frequencies on key lines connecting to the RapidRide route.

Metro has been set on other changes including Route 10 and Route 12 with a proposal for the lines to be “reoriented” to operate along E Pine instead of E John and Madison, until they turn north on 15th Ave and 19th Ave. Metro is also going ahead with a plan to move Route 11 off Pine.

But the future of the former Route 47 service had been up in the air. Under the final plan being submitted for approval by the King County Council, Metro would restore service in the areas along Summit and Bellevue by “extending some Route 3 trips to restore trolley bus service in western Capitol Hill where the former Route 47 operated.” Continue reading →

911 caller reports accidentally shooting themself in the foot on Summit Ave

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A shooter who accidently hit themselves in the foot brought a large police and medical response to the 1400 block of Summit Ave Monday night.

Police and Seattle Fire were called to a building in the area where a caller reported having accidentally shot themself around 10 PM. Police says the 28-year-old suffered a self-inflicted, non-life threatening gunshot wound.

Seattle Fire provided treatment at the scene before the subject was taken to Harborview for further treatment.

There were no reported additional injuries or damage, and no arrests.

Elsewhere in the East Precinct, police responded to a report of gunfire in the Central District Monday night. Multiple 911 callers reported the gunfire around 20th and Cherry just before 11:15 PM. No injuries were reported.

 
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Metro says Summit/Bellevue bus service could be saved as it moves forward on changes to Routes 10, 11, and 12 in advance of RapidRide G opening

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“Option B”

King County Metro says there is wide support for plans to maintain higher frequency while shifting streets used by key bus routes along the coming Madison RapidRide G corridor but that community feedback could help save the planned cuts to bus service on Summit and Bellevue Ave north of Olive Way.

The agency has released new proposal maps and details of updated plans for its “Madison Street Area” network service revisions. CHS reported here earlier this year on the planning and survey process designed around optimizing bus lines in advance of the expected start of RapidRide G service hoped to begin in 2024.

Under the revised plans, Metro says it is moving ahead with changes to Route 10 and Route 12 with a proposal for the lines be “reoriented” to operate along E Pine instead of E John and Madison, until they turn north on 15th Ave and 19th Ave. Metro is also going ahead with the plan to move Route 11 off Pine.

“The Route 10 and Route 12 proposals were supported by respondents to bring more frequent service to important destinations along Pike Street and Pine Street. The Route 11 proposal had strong support from survey respondents,” Metro said about the decision. “The Route 11 proposal (along with the Route 8) would provide all-day, all-week, frequent service between destinations along Olive Way, John Street, and Thomas Street – such as the Capitol Hill Station, Safeway, Kaiser Permanente, Meany Middle School and more.” Continue reading →