Head to Seattle's new Olympic Sculpture Park downtown where you can see artwork like this Alexander Calder sculpture, titled Eagle, 1971. Eagle displays curving wings, assertive stance and a pointy beak that is weightless, colorful and abstract.…MORE
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Non-customers banned from Safeway parking
Wed, 03/14/07
Forget the Safeway parking lot in the Admiral district if you want to buy groceries and then walk across the street to pick up clothes or go to the bank.
Safeway will give you a $35 ticket. If not paid within 15 days, it increases to $60…MORE
Community funds woman's operation
Wed, 03/14/07
When Marcia Brunner's insurance dropped her coverage for a stem cell transplant, the community stepped in to raise money for the medical procedure, which may save her life.
The insurance company, which was to pay for 90 percent of cost of…MORE
California Avenue paving to restart
Wed, 03/14/07
Work is scheduled to resume Monday, March 19 on repaving California Avenue Southwest.
Now that most of the winter is over and outdoor temperatures are getting warm enough to work with asphalt, workers from Gary Merlino Construction Co.…MORE
Better turnover with pay stations
Wed, 03/14/07
More open parking spaces in downtown Ballard has meant means better customer flow for businesses, now that the community has gotten used to the automated pay systems installed in late 2005.
The green pay stations replaced the old hand…MORE
Fauntleroy Place to start soon
Wed, 03/14/07
Architects of Fauntleroy Place are redesigning the most prominent corner of the planned six-story housing and retail development at Alaska Street and Fauntleroy Way.
The West Seattle Design Review Board told architects from Stricker Cato…MORE
Students get math, literacy help
Wed, 03/14/07
Students at Salmon Bay and Adams elementary schools who came close to passing the Washington Assessment of Student Learning last spring are enrolled in a new after school program aimed at boosting their test scores.
The district's chief…MORE
Port, tenants near fix over bike storage
Wed, 03/14/07
Shilshole Bay Marina tenants and liveaboards are nearing an agreement with the Port of Seattle about how and where to store bicycles at the harbor, but so far there's no money to develop anything long-term.
Before major redevelopment…MORE
Clarification
Tue, 03/06/07
Some important distinctions were left out of an article in the Feb. 21 edition about the city's proposed changes to multifamily development zones.
The proposed increase in height limits would be 5 feet, not 10.
The city proposes…MORE
Artificial heart holds over boy waiting for a transplant
Tue, 03/06/07
A gravely ill two-year-old boy is recovering at Seattle Children's Hospital after receiving the Berlin Heart, a mechanical heart designed specifically for children.
The boy, called Angel, is the first child under five in the Northwest to…MORE