Southwest District Council toplines: Parking, park, P-patches …

February 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm | In Gardening, Junction parking review, Junction Plaza Park, Southwest District Council, West Seattle news, West Seattle parks | Comments Off

Updates constituted most of the highlights from Wednesday night’s Southwest District Council meeting — representatives from neighborhood groups and other key organizations dealing with the section of West Seattle that the city calls the SW District (map). In the photo above is Dante Taylor, who’s traveling the West Seattle meeting circuit to remind everyone that the city’s Junction parking review is getting under way (all our coverage is archived here). Regarding the big question, whether pay stations will be the result, Taylor stressed nothing is settled – the study is supposed to determine whether they would be needed anywhere to keep cars moving and create a steady flow of people through the business district. One of his previous appearances (WSB coverage here) was at the January meeting of the Junction Neighborhood Organization, whose president Erica Karlovits is co-chair of the SWDC; she reiterated concerns her group wants to keep on the front burner – “park and hiders,” who drive to Junction neighborhoods and leave their cars while catching buses to downtown, and construction workers parking in neighborhoods. Ahead, another Junction item – the latest on the 42nd/Alaska park – and more SWDC notes: Click to read the rest of Southwest District Council toplines: Parking, park, P-patches ……

PARK(ing) Day: New details on Junction Plaza Park project

September 19, 2008 at 1:43 pm | In Junction Plaza Park, West Seattle parks | 11 Comments

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We dropped by the Seattle Parks Foundation‘s “park” in The Junction thinking it was a quick photo op – and instead, we found out a lot of new information that answers a question asked every time we show the site of Junction Plaza Park (northwest corner of 42nd/Alaska): “When is it going to be done and how much more money do they need?” Read on for details plus the latest park plan: Click to read the rest of PARK(ing) Day: New details on Junction Plaza Park project…

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