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A pirate's life at Miller Community Center (Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)
If you haven't yet figured out what to be for Halloween, maybe these photos from Thursday night's community party in Miller Park will inspire. Looking for something tried and true and surely awesome? Check out the CHS Costume History thread in the comments on this post. How many of your past brilliant costume ideas can you remember?
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I'll be poking around the Hill today for images but please holler if you find anything cool. Like this shot from the CHS flickr pool featuring Slog reporter and man about Capitol Hill, Dominic Holden, a spoon and, apparently, a tiny, camera-toting man inside a pumpkin.
Tom Carr's worst nightmare, originally uploaded by Michael Holden.
Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn is including a Capitol Hill stop in his last weekend of city barnstorming, according to this announcement from his campaign team. We already gave him the CHS endorsement but you can check in with McGinn on Halloween afternoon at 19th Ave's Miller Community Center. The McGinn campaign announced today it is holding its election night celebration at the War Room.
Mike McGinn to host four town halls this weekend.
"We know a lot of Seattle voters are undecided and want more information before making their choice," said McGinn. "Seattleites take voting seriously. We want to give everyone the ability to directly ask questions and this is an opportunity to do just that."
WHEN: 2pm, Saturday, October 31st
WHERE: Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E
WHEN: 10:15am, Saturday, October 31st
WHERE: West Seattle Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 2306 42nd Ave. SWWHEN: 12pm, Saturday, October 31st
WHERE: Northgate Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 10548 5th Ave. NEWHEN: 3:30pm, Sunday, November 1st
WHERE: Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. S
A brief post here on the Lincoln Park reservoir work we reported on yesterday that will require a portion of Cal Anderson park to be closed for more than a month beginning on Monday. Seattle Public Utilities spokesperson Andy Ryan said the work is not related to the leaks that occurred in other similar city reservoirs this summer. He's looking into how much of the park will be shut down for the work which is scheduled to last through December 11.
He won our endorsement. On election night, he'll be partying in our 'hood. Mike McGinn's campaign is holding its election night party at the War Room with chow from Skillet Food, no cover and, sweet for the 'hood bloggers in the crowd, all the wi-fi you can eat. You might recall McGinn held his primary election night party at Havana. Whether this Tuesday ends as happily for the candidate will be up to you.
CHS does not condone this woman's actions. But we're also kind of tired of the Hitler thing.
Sunrise from iLike, originally uploaded by firewallender.
Back in August, CHS reported on Capitol Hill startup iLike getting gobbled up by social media giant MySpace for $13.5 million plus $6 million in 'talent retention.' We wondered at the time how long iLike would remain in their Boylston Ave office space after the deal.
The answer? Not long.
We heard that iLike was on the move and we have been asking their PR person for information but never got confirmation. No bother. We saw an iLike employee's tweet about the in-progress move Wednesday morning. The iLike folks are heading downtown to join other MySpace development teams on Western Ave.
Adios, iLike. We'll see if we can get some more info from the iLike folks about the move but given MySpace's investment in their downtown offices, probably not much Capitol Hill could have done to keep them.
Part of the north end of Cal Anderson Park will be closed for more than a month starting Monday while city employees work on the underground Lincoln Reservoir, according to Seattle Public Utilities. We'll try to find out exactly how much of the park will be shut down while crews run what is being called a regular inspection and cleaning of the 109-year-old reservoir.
Still hunting down a map that shows the exact dimensions of Lincoln but Google Maps graphics indicate a very large pool and this image from Wikipedia's entry on Cal Anderson also gives a glimpse of the size of the reservoir.
In July, CHS reported that reservoirs in West Seattle and Beacon Hill were leaking and the same manufacturer and contractor had been involved in the construction of Lincoln. At the time, Seattle Public Utilities told CHS that there were no plans to remove the surface layer of Cal Anderson to inspect Lincoln.
The work could also coincide with the start of construction activity on the nearby Capitol Hill light Rail station site.
The Lincoln Reservoir is a major distribution point for the Cedar River pipeline which provides most of the potable water for central Seattle.
More when we get a chance to make a few phone calls on Thursday.
Project: Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) construction crews will inspect, clean and make repairs at the Lincoln Reservoir as a part of regular maintenance.
Location: Crews will work in and around the reservoir, located at 1700 Nagle Place, Seattle, WA, underneath Cal Anderson Park.
Description of Work: The reservoir will be drained, inspected and washed. Inspections of the reservoir’s roof, hatches, vents and screens will take place. Repairs to the system will be made. Debris will be removed from the reservoir’s perimeter and grounds as needed.
Dates/Times: Work is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 2, and last until Friday, December 11. Crews will work Tuesday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Potential impacts during construction:
• A portion of the park over the reservoir will be closed to the public.
• Noise from power equipment and trucks.
• An increase in truck traffic in the neighborhood.
SPU tries to limit inconveniences to citizens, and safety is our top priority when working in neighborhoods and public facilities.
Maintenance Questions:
Contact Darrin Brown, SPU Maintenance Crew Chief, at (206) 386-1805.
Neighbor Phil sends us a link to his flickr stream of a chemical clean-up process underway on E. Pike. It appears to be a planned work effort -- not some kind of emergency contamination -- judging by the signs and the workman-like effort from the hazmat-suited employees.
We've tried getting in touch with the company working at the site but Pacific Crest Environmental hasn't returned our three calls left over the past two days. We'll update as soon as we hear back from them about what's up.
The site is located between Old School Frozen Yogurt and the new home of Doghouse Leathers. You can see in the old images captures by Google Streetview the old unpaved lot and a bunch of barrels lined up next to an old motor repair shop that used to be at the location.
princess in the hood #6, originally uploaded by tamara childress.
Attention Capitol Hill goblins, ghouls and princesses -- you get a 2009 Halloween party bonus. Halloween, this year, includes an extra hour of fun. The end of daylight savings time, as usual, falls on early Sunday. At 2 AM Sunday, clocks fall back to 1 AM. But in 2009, the 'fall back' coincides with All Hallow's Eve morning. For some of you, that will be good news. You disco napped. For the rest of you, drink lots of water and rally. You can do it.
According to Washington State Liquor Control Board spokesperson Anne Radford, bars may serve during the daylight savings bonus hour if they choose. However, of the bars CHS has been in on Daylight Savings Sunday, not a single one has ever done so because -- to be frank -- the staff is not enjoying the party the same way you are.
We've got good news and bad news for your media consumption future. The good news? You can continue to, um, leverage your neighbors' wi-fi. Bad news? Comcast is about to hose your enjoyment of Project Runway via the cable service that just magically 'works' in your place (even though you never got around to calling the cable company.)
The $42 billion cable giant is hatching a nefarious plan. Starting today, subscribers and, well, anybody else with a cable connection on Capitol Hill who doesn't have a cable box will need to get one of these magic little things to receive any channels above 30.
You can read more about Comcast's 'World of More!' program here. If you are a subscriber, the magic adapter thingy is free. If you already have a set top box, you should also be fine.
We found out today's the day for Comcast's big change thanks to fellow 'hood news site West Seattle Blog's post about the switch. West Seattle and the rest of the city also served by Comcast are also part of this change.
Speaking of other neighborhoods, most of the Central District -- and some of the Hill -- is served by Broadstripe. From the sound of things, broadband service in those areas leaves a lot to be desired. But, hey CD, at least some of you get to keep your, um, free channels 2-99.
