day : 03/09/2007 5 results

Fire alarm for burned building

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| Development | West Seattle fires

Makes sense, given what happened — but it’s eerie just the same to find this on the “permits issued last Friday” city list tonight.

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Seen during a holiday stroll

| Safety | Seen around town | West Seattle businesses

From Admiral Junction to Morgan Junction on foot, much to be seen. Including:

-Dangerous driving at Cali/Genesee and Cali/Fauntleroy. At the former, a car turning right/north onto Cali (by Divina) almost took out a bicyclist that the driver would have seen with a good look south before the turn. The bicyclist shouted indignantly for a while, the driver paused, then both finally continued on. At the latter — a car almost took us out, turning right/west onto Fauntleroy (by the Corner Inn) as we stepped into the crosswalk. We’re not much for shouting so we just glowered.

-Banner up for a new business in the mixed-use building at 5446 Cali: “On the Way Maternity.” According to its city business-license classification, it’ll sell clothing. Doesn’t look too close to opening; various renovations are under way inside.

-In The Junction, the former Hollywood Video etc./future megaproject site along Alaska now has a “coming soon/Office Depot” banner on the fence. (Why not “coming soon/QFC” too?)

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Days turn into weeks, how quick they pass …

September 3, 2007 4:05 pm

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| West Seattle businesses | WS beverages

(… to paraphrase the line that’s 40 seconds into this cool old song.) In this case, the passing of time to which we refer involves Chuck & Sally’s Tavern north of Morgan Junction. It’s been more than two weeks since a reader first e-mailed us about a hand-lettered sign at C & S saying CLOSED FOR A FEW DAYS/COOLER PROBLEMS; today, that sign is still there. Tried calling; got only a fax tone. E-mailed the property owner; no reply yet. That corner (Cali & Graham) is jumping these days, with future townhouses on the NW corner and a condo conversion on the SE corner (the future “Strata”), so some tavern fans have been wondering about the future of the little blue building The Stranger once fondly called a “TV-laden little dive.”

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Beverage bits

September 3, 2007 8:49 am

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| WS beverages

-Fans of WS-based Schooner Exact Brewing Co. will find some news in the brewers’ first web update in 2 months.

-Starting this Wednesday, Hotwire Coffee launches a monthlong celebration of its 5th anniversary in WS. The Hotwire site promises special deals to celebrate.

-And on the megacorporate side of the coffee fence, the construction-permit filing is in for the impending Jefferson Square Starbucks.

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Who’s working, who’s not, and what’s different for Labor Day

September 3, 2007 1:03 am

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| Holidays

Your trash/recycling collectors are working. Parking enforcers (for anyone going to pay station or meter zones outside WS) are not. Metro buses are on a Sunday schedule (same link notes the Water Taxi is on a Saturday schedule); Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferries are on a weekend schedule.

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