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West Seattle Trader Joe’s: ‘Anniversary’ today
June 16, 2011 7:05 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle Trader Joe's

Today is a semi-momentous anniversary for a certain devoted group of WSB’ers: Exactly one year ago today, Trader Joe’s announced it’s opening a West Seattle store. (Here’s our original June 16, 2010, report with the news release and comments from property owner Steve Huling; we’d been watching the site since the previous April, when a city website mentioned the possible TJ’s.) As noted here 3 weeks ago, construction is under way – inside before outside, though now that all the permits are finalized, there’s exterior work too, and the banners with contractor information for J. Hughes Construction are brand-new today.

If you’ve missed our last few updates – though the company’s plans on file with the city mention a six-month construction schedule, a TJ’s spokesperson would say only that they’re expecting to open “in the fourth quarter” of this year.

Across the Sound in Kitsap County, TJ’s fans are counting the hours till 8 am tomorrow, when their first Trader Joe’s opens in Silverdale; just like here, some people are saying, “What’s the big deal?” so a Kitsap Sun food writer set out to break down that question.

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Bright Horizons-West Seattle: Welcoming a new WSB sponsor
June 16, 2011 5:06 pm
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(Bright Horizons team: L-R standing – Janice, Melody, Lindsay, Krys, Laurie, Helen, Michelle, Jasmine; in front, Patrick)
Today, we welcome a new sponsor, Bright Horizons, whose new West Seattle child-care center recently opened on the first floor of the Link Apartments building in The Triangle, and has a Grand Opening celebration this Saturday. Here’s what they would like you to know: Bright Horizons offers child care for infants through preschoolers. Bright Horizons works on each part of the development of each child, be it the mind, body, social self, or character. Children are encouraged to explore their surroundings, while their parents are given up-to-date information about children, education, child care, and development. Bright Horizons‘ goal is to create competent, life-long learners who will do well during their upcoming school years. Infant, toddler, and preschool programs are offered, along with limited part-time care for preschoolers. Tour appointments are accepted year round – just call 206-932-0820.

This Saturday (June 18th), you’re invited to the Grand Opening festivities at Bright Horizons-West Seattle (4530 38th SW), 10 am-1 pm – with activities, a chance to enter a drawing for gift-stuffed bags, and more. Here’s the schedule:
• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – State Senator Sharon Nelson 10:45 a.m.
• Storytelling with Professor Watermelon 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Live performance by The Not-Its! 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
• Face Painting with Colorific Kids 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Scavenger Hunt, Food, Fun, and Festivities all day long

We thank Bright Horizons-West Seattle for sponsoring independent, community-collaborative neighborhood news on WSB; find our current sponsor team listed in directory format here, and find info on joining the team by going here.

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Open house set for West Seattle’s renovated motel The Grove
June 15, 2011 1:22 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

After months of extensive renovation work, West Seattle’s only motel – now known as The Grove, West Seattle Inn – is about to unveil its new look. Its owners have just announced an open house for 4 pm Monday, June 27th. They’re already taking reservations, too, for dates in July and beyond. We’ve been chronicling the transformation since the new ownership was announced in December; the motel has been closed since early April.

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Triangle tidbits: ‘Hole’ deal; Trader Joe’s, Les Schwab progress…
June 9, 2011 9:26 pm
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle Trader Joe's

All quick notes, all from the same area of West Seattle, all businesses, so here’s the roundup:

‘THE HOLE’ SETTLEMENT: After breaking the news Friday that the longrunning legal fight over the stalled Fauntleroy Place project, alias ‘The Hole,’ had been settled, we had expected to discover the details by now. So far, no luck with any of various parties to the case. So we checked back today with the bailiff for King County Superior Court Judge Susan Craighead, who has been in charge of the case, to see what they’d heard. Jennie Cowan says the August 8th trial date technically is still on the books but, “It is likely the parties will file a notice indicating settlement and striking the trial date within the next week.” We’ll be watching for that.

TRADER JOE’S – ALL PERMITS IN HAND, PLUS …

The construction work is proceeding inside 4545 Fauntleroy Way, as the above photo (from Wednesday) would suggest, but never fear, outside work has now gotten the green light too (we reported the indoor permit back on May 21). The city has now granted ALL the requisite building/land-use permits listed on the official project page. And Trader Joe’s has applied for its West Seattle liquor license, too (for beer/wine tasting as well as beer/wine grocery store) – the online records yield a tiny tidbit: West Seattle will be TJ’s Store #157. (Its next new Northwest store, in the Kitsap County town of Silverdale, is scheduled to open one week from tomorrow.)

LES SCHWAB WORK INTENSIFIES:

Thanks to Celeste for the tip that, after the fence went up May 28th (she was one of the tipsters then too), crews are in view outside the future Les Schwab Tires location at 38th and Alaska. We first reported the plans in late January; the company has yet to publicly discuss its West Seattle location-in-progress, but we have yet another inquiry out and hope to hear back.

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Hot topics on tap tomorrow: Highway 99 traffic; West Seattle Triangle
May 31, 2011 1:49 pm
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 |   Alaskan Way Viaduct | Triangle | West Seattle news

Two West Seattle meetings of note tomorrow tackle hot topics: First, the Highway 99/Alaskan Way Viaduct construction work and its effect on traffic to and from West Seattle. The South Portal Working Group, an advisory committee focused on that side of the 99 project, meets at 4 pm Wednesday, for the first time in a few months. Its agenda includes a project update, with committee members specifically asked to be ready to answer this question: “Do you have any feedback regarding the way traffic has been managed during construction?”. West Seattle reps in the working group include Pete Spalding from eastern West Seattle, Vlad Oustimovitch from western West Seattle, and Junction lawyer Jerry Cohen.) The meeting’s at the Sound Transit Board Room at Union Station on the south end of downtown.

Then at 7 Wednesday night, South Seattle Community College Board Room, the Southwest District Council – whose members are from neighborhood groups and other organizations around the west side of the peninsula, which the city calls the “Southwest District.” The SWDC has expressed concern over the city-led Triangle planning process – especially a suggestion that some parts could be rezoned for 85-foot-tall buildings – and will hear from the city planners on the project, Susan McLain and Robert Scully, tomorrow night. They’ll also hear from SDOT about SW Alaska “rechannelization” – changes planned to that street’s flow through the Triangle and Junction for the RapidRide bus service. The agenda also includes new Department of Neighborhoods director Bernie Matsuno. All are welcome at both meetings.

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Another construction fence in West Seattle’s Triangle: Les Schwab
May 28, 2011 10:17 pm
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Just a few days after the fence went up on the future West Seattle Trader Joe’s site – once the Huling Brothers Buick showroom – another former Huling-operated (though not owned) property just got a construction fence. This time, it’s the future home of Les Schwab Tires on the southwest corner of SW Alaska/38th SW. Thanks to Dan and Celeste for the tips this evening (just in time for us to grab a photo before nightfall).

We reported here two weeks ago that the permits had been granted for Les Schwab to start work on the site. As with the Trader Joe’s project less than a block north, this one will not involve structural demolition or new construction – more like, extensive remodeling. It’s been four months since we reported that Les Schwab was planning a West Seattle operation at this site; though we confirmed the project by viewing the city’s hard-copy file downtown, the company has not spoken publicly about it except to confirm to WSB they had applied for permits for “a West Seattle site.”

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Update: West Seattle’s only motel gets a new name – The Grove
May 20, 2011 2:25 pm
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Another update today as the new owners of West Seattle’s only motel (36th/Alaska) continue working to renovate it and leave its troubled past behind: Spokesperson Lynn Sweeney tells WSB they have chosen a name: “The Grove, West Seattle Inn.” She adds, “The name was chosen in part to reflect the rejuvenated location as a peaceful, comfortable and friendly environment, and over time, our goal is to enhance and grow the natural landscape as well.” They announced the renovation plan five months ago and are aiming to reopen in early summer. You might recall that while at one point they had hoped to stay open while renovating, the SWAT-team incident in late March accelerated matters, and they closed shortly thereafter. The Grove has a website already too, with a logo and some hints at what they’re aiming for – grovewestseattle.com.

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Followup: Les Schwab Tires gets its West Seattle permits
May 15, 2011 10:01 am
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Another of the ex-Huling buildings in The Triangle won’t be empty much longer. We first reported in late January that Oregon-based Les Schwab Tires was seeking city permits to open up a West Seattle location at 3801 SW Alaska (map) in The Triangle; now, permits have been issued – for construction, and for its signage.

Note that this project calls for remodeling the existing building at 38th/Alaska, NOT building a new one; also, when we looked at the plans downtown in January, we noted they were NOT proposing to occupy the western part (Fauntleroy corner) of the site, only 38th/Alaska (which also had been an Enterprise rental-car location). When we reported the plan at that time, Les Schwab would not comment beyond confirming it had applied for a permit in West Seattle, but we’ll be checking with them again tomorrow to see if they’re ready to reveal more details now, such as a projected opening date.

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Celebration at Link, the building that went up when the market was down
May 13, 2011 9:14 am
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

The new Triangle building Link (WSB sponsor) was celebrated as the development that beat the odds – and bucked a trend – at an invitation-only reception on its sweeping-view rooftop last night. In our photo above, you’ll note West Seattle’s highest-ranking elected officials – King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen. Neighborhood leaders and local businesspeople were there too, admiring the view and the rooftop herb/vegetable gardens, pausing briefly to hear speeches. West Seattle Chamber of Commerce board chair and West 5 owner Dave Montoure (below left) hailed the 60 jobs the new development is estimated to have created; after the jubilant opening remarks from Harbor executive vice president Denny Onslow (below right):

Barely a year and a half earlier, a short distance to the east, Onslow had stood at a meeting of the Fairmount Community Association and announced that Harbor had secured financing for Link – at a time when almost nothing else of its kind was being built in the city, since the commercial-market dive was so fresh. Seattle Department of Planning and Development director Diane Sugimura spoke too, describing Harbor as “bold” for moving ahead at the time.

And now, less than 2 months after its first move-ins, Onslow said 85 of its 200 units are leased. And as of yesterday, all three of its ground-floor businesses are open, with Breathe Hot Yoga‘s first classes, next door to one-month-open Chaco Canyon Organic Café, and recently opened Bright Horizons. If you’re interested in a first-hand look at Link, its next public open house is scheduled for Saturday, May 21st (one week from tomorrow).

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West Seattle businesses: Breathe Hot Yoga sets Link opening date
May 10, 2011 12:33 pm
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 |   Health | Triangle | West Seattle news

Another business expanding to West Seattle from the north end has just announced its opening date. We first told you three months ago that Breathe Hot Yoga was coming to Link (WSB sponsor; 38th and Alaska in The Triangle); this morning Breathe announced it’s opening this Thursday (May 12), with free classes at 4 pm, 5:15 pm and 6:30 pm that day (the first two taught by proprietor Amber Borgomainerio), and the regular class schedule starting this Friday.

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Video: Triangle Advisory Group talks streetscapes, and more
May 7, 2011 9:16 pm
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

(video unavailable due to blip.tv shutdown)

Every so often, we like to put an entire local public meeting on video for those who can never make it in person, but are interested in how the discussions proceed, what it looks and sounds like, unfiltered. So we rolled on the West Seattle Triangle Advisory Group‘s meeting on Thursday night; unedited, our video is broken into the first hour (above), the second hour (below). This is still Phase II for the advisory group. City planners led by Susan McLain presented land-use “concepts” last time, and the focus this time was “street-use concepts,” including whether the much-discussed tree-lined “boulevard” concept would be feasible for Fauntleroy in the Triangle area, as well as more land-use alternatives.

(video unavailable due to blip.tv shutdown)

Eventually, Triangle proposals are expected to go before the City Council for consideration, though that’s expected to still be months away. The presentation from Thursday’s meeting isn’t on the Triangle website yet, but we’ll publish a followup when the material appears there (you’ll see much of it on the screen in our video, which is fairly low-light since slide decks play a big role in these discussions). P.S. Can’t find an official online list of the advisory-group members; but it should be noted, this phase of the discussion includes the area with most of the former Huling Auto properties, and Steve Huling is a member of the group – he was in attendance at this meeting.

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Triangle’s future: Advisory group tonight; District Council last night
May 5, 2011 1:03 pm
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

Tonight, the West Seattle Triangle Advisory Group is scheduled for the second meeting in its Phase II – which is focusing on land use (zoning). The frame grab above is from the group’s first Phase II meeting last month, at the heart of the presentation you can see in full here: Should higher buildings be built in The Triangle (and the area spilling over the area to its west dominated by ex-car lots)? Here’s how that same presentation saw that area as it exists now:

Tonight’s meeting is at 6 pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle (California/Oregon). The public is welcome, and there’s a time for public comment, if you have anything to say about the area or the process. (Other documents, including renderings for possible “massing” of future development, are linked from this page on the city’s Triangle website.)

But what’s happening so far is not sitting well with the Southwest District Council, whose monthly meeting last night again included a discussion of discontent with the process. There was also some concern about how what’s been discussed at previous SWDC meetings has been conveyed – if at all – so for tonight, they were planning to prepare a statement to get those concerns on the record, including questions about whether the area’s key stakeholders have truly been included in the process (at most of the meetings, property owner/business owner participation has been fairly light), and whether the “concepts” are in line with the area’s longterm goals.

The council also discussed a report that a public-comment period will start later this month when draft streetscape proposals from the Phase I are made public, including the “Fauntleroy Boulevard” concept that has long been under discussion – and that proposal has reportedly undergone a dramatic revamp from the previous concept of a tree-lined boulevard, because bicycle lanes have been added, according to SWDC co-chair Susan Melrose of the West Seattle Junction Association. SWDC’s Morgan Community Association rep Chas Redmond called the reported bike-lane additions an “11th-hour move” that he says would not be in keeping with the city’s longstanding Bicycle Master Plan. The road proposal also is likely to come up at tonight’s meeting

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West Seattle YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day: Everybody on the move
April 16, 2011 7:58 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle people

(Photos by Ellen Cedergreen for WSB)
Healthy kids are safe kids, so the safety experts – aka Seattle Fire Department team members – from nearby Fire Station 32 were part of the picture today as the West Seattle Family YMCA (WSB sponsor) celebrated its annual Healthy Kids Day. The weather was perfect to climb up the “rock,” too:

More photos ahead!Read More

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West Seattle Triangle planning: Phase 2 about to launch
April 6, 2011 12:50 pm
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

The city has just announced Phase 2 in its planning process for The Triangle’s future, with a “focus on providing an urban design framework to identify the future neighborhood character of this area” – which would include, among other potential flashpoints, how tall the area’s buildings might eventually be. The city’s inviting the Triangle Advisory Group from Phase I to a round of two meetings – also open to the public – starting with one at 6 pm April 14th at the Senior Center of West Seattle. Advance material for that meeting isn’t on the city website yet, but here’s the introductory document (PDF) that senior planner Susan McLain sent around with the announcement.

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West Seattle food: Spring Hill ‘brunch bar’; shared kitchen; Japan help
April 5, 2011 8:25 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

SPRING HILL ANNOUNCES ‘BRUNCH BAR’: As brunch season – Easter and all that – swings into high gear, West Seattle’s Spring Hill Restaurant and Bar in The Junction just announced a new twist – call it “small plates” for brunch, maybe; Spring Hill calls it the “Brunch Bar.” No, it’s NOT a buffet – rather, a menu full of casual dishes, served at the bar. You can see the menu and the prices in this Spring Hill update; they’re offering the “Brunch Bar” Saturdays and Sundays starting this weekend.

SPEAKING OF BRUNCH: We’re compiling a roundup of Easter brunch highlights to be part of the Easter page we’re launching this week – if you’re offering Easter brunch and haven’t heard already from someone on the WSB editorial team, please e-mail us the what/where/when/how much, editor@westseattleblog.com.

WEST SEATTLE SHARED KITCHEN ON TV: Our friends at KING 5 featured a story tonight about one of the shared commercial kitchen spaces in The Triangle – featuring Janeil’s Alki Pie Company and “healthy chef” Patrick Fagan – watch it here:

DINE OUT FOR JAPAN RELIEF: Tomorrow night (Wednesday), dozens of metro-area restaurants are joining for Red White Unite, donating 10 percent of the night’s sales to Peace Winds America (one of the two beneficiaries of the recent West Seattle for Japan). The list of participants shows two West Seattle participants – Spring Hill and Pagliacci Pizza.

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New concept in court fight over The Hole: How about talking it out?
April 1, 2011 3:21 pm
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

(WSB photo of ‘The Hole,’ taken in February)
How much time, how much money, and how much work do you put into court fights over a complicated (as most parties describe it) case, before just saying, “Can we sit down and talk this out?” This afternoon — after the end of yet another court hearing in the ongoing legal fight over issues related to the stalled project that has left The Hole in the heart of West Seattle instead of the once-envisioned apartments/Whole Foods/Hancock Fabrics project — King County Superior Court Judge Susan Craighead asked the question: “Have you (lawyers) started talking about mediation yet?” Not really, they said, but it might not be a bad idea, several of them allowed – unofficially, of course, since they have to consult their clients. (And the parties who were not represented in court today, since the afternoon’s proceedings didn’t involve everyone in the case.)

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West Seattle Crime Watch: Package theft; SWAT aftermath
April 1, 2011 1:45 pm
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 |   Crime | Highland Park | Triangle | West Seattle news

Two notes in West Seattle Crime Watch this afternoon. First, from Jeff:

For the 2nd time in the past 3 months we have had packages stolen off our front door that were delivered by UPS (w/online confirmation of delivery). We live (in the 900 block of) SW Austin Street [map] and the our front door can only be seen if someone is coming from the East of SW Austin (i.e. someone coming from the apartments on the corner of Holden & Highland Park). I spoke to a UPS driver the other day and mentioned that there have been reports of packages stolen from previous posting on the blog but, he wasn’t aware of any recent incidents.

Meantime, a followup on Wednesday’s SWAT standoff at the Seattle West Inn (which will temporarily close as of Monday, as reported here yesterday) on Wednesday.

Police responded to our request for more information with the narrative from their report. It includes new information, including a mention of something we had heard on the scanner but not had confirmed till now – that the man has a record. Read on:Read More

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West Seattle restaurants: Opening day for Chaco Canyon Café
April 1, 2011 9:33 am
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

The doors are open, the kitchen is in action, and the display case is stocked at Chaco Canyon Organic Café, which opened at 7 am this morning on the south side of the brand-new Link (WSB sponsor) building at 38th/Alaska. Here’s another view:

The wall in that photo is where the future retail items will be set up; as owner Chris Maykut had noted recently, that would follow Opening Day by a few weeks; the Kid Zone also has some elements yet to be added, and the beer/wine license is still in the works. But they’re open and serving vegetarian/vegan food, till 9 tonight; hours, menu, and other info can be found on the Chaco Canyon website.

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West Seattle’s only motel, Seattle West Inn, to temporarily close
March 31, 2011 1:58 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news

(Wednesday morning photo by Patrick Sand for WSB)
When yesterday’s SWAT-involved situation at West Seattle’s only motel – the Seattle West Inn and Suites – happened, we already had been working on an update about the renovation plans the motel’s new owners have been working on (here are our previous stories – last December 15th and December 21st). The motel owners’ spokesperson, Lynn Sweeney, tells WSB they have changed their plan (which originally was to stay open during renovations):

Effective Monday, April 4, 2011 the Seattle West Inn and Suites will temporarily close all motel operations.

When we purchased the motel in October, the intent was – and has been – to renovate the space to offer West Seattle a clean, safe and family-friendly place to stay in our community. My family has lived in West Seattle for many, many years, so it’s easy to attest to the fact that the existing site has had a negative aura for quite some time.

Our hope was to be able to keep operations going as the renewal took place, but given unfortunate events such as the S.W.A.T incident from this past Wednesday, we’ve decided to close the doors and reopen once the transformation is in full swing.

When reopened, the site will offer our community a clean, friendly, safe, welcoming and convenient lodging option, somewhat similar (although not exact) to what was done with the former Travel Lodge in Boise, which is now a well-regarded and popular destination, The Modern Hotel (themodernhotel.com). …

We aim to have model guest rooms complete in the next three to four weeks and exterior paint with some landscaping in the same general time frame, weather permitting. In addition to a new guest room product (which includes soundproofing, carpet, paint, tile, counters, window treatments, bed, and fixtures and furniture) a few of the enhancements include a new central security and door lock system, a credit-card-only policy, a non-smoking environment, and complimentary breakfast and WiFi in the lobby.

While we don’t have a soft opening date set as of yet, we anticipate it will be prior to the first of June and in time for the summer season.

A separate followup is in the works regarding the aftermath of yesterday’s incident.

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Update: ‘The Bridge’ remains open after crash
March 30, 2011 4:05 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news

(Photo by Katie Meyer for WSB, swapped at 6:46 pm for previous camphone photo by Celeste)
4:05 PM: We’re on our way to 35th and Avalon, where a heavy-rescue response – many fire and police units – is reportedly answering a call about a car hitting a building. More in a moment.

4:15 PM: WSB contributor Katie Meyer arrived on scene first and says it’s The Bridge, the new bar/restaurant, which has some damage to repair but this has been downgraded from a major response.

4:20 PM: Just talked with The Bridge’s co-owner Trevor Garand, who says nobody inside was hurt and they ARE open. “Karaoke night is ON!” he told WSB’s Patrick Sand. They’re already making plans for repairs. I

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Happening now: Chaco Canyon Café West Seattle open house
March 26, 2011 7:41 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

Chaco Canyon Café opens in Link (38th/Alaska) next Friday – but tonight, you can get a sneak preview by coming to the open house that’s under way right now. Some of Chaco Canyon’s food and beverage vendors – this is their second location, after #1 in the University District – are on hand, like Jay from Tiny’s Organic:

Chaco Canyon owner Chris Maykut says this will be a CSA pickup spot for Tiny’s produce – as they do with their U-District location. It’s also a family-friendly place, with a play area that’s already in action tonight:

You have till 11 pm to come down, have food and beverage samples (wine, beer, coffee), take a look around the restaurant space – there are still finishing touches to be put in before the grand-opening day on Friday. And say hi to Chris, whose proud parents are here – we managed to get him to pause for a second to pose with mom Naydene (photo right). You can also sneak a peek outside the rest of Link, which is now officially open, with its first tenants having moved in just in the past day or so (as we reported here last night).

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First residents arrive at Link; Chaco Canyon open house Saturday
March 25, 2011 10:05 pm
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 |   Triangle | West Seattle news

If you were moving into an apartment building with a rooftop view deck – what a perfect day to do it. We went over to Link (WSB sponsor) at 38th/Alaska in The Triangle to doublecheck on reports that the first tenants would be moving in right about now – and manager Rose confirmed they’re in, while allowing us up on the rooftop deck for a look at the beautiful afternoon (plus the furnishings and garden containers that have gone in since our last visit).

Back inside Link, the lobby’s water feature is in action, too:

And on Link’s south side, along SW Alaska, you will get your first chance tomorrow night to visit Chaco Canyon Organic Café, the vegetarian/vegan restaurant that’s expanding here to add to its University District location, partly at the encouragement of hundreds of WSB’ers (remember the comments?) Their open house is 7-11 pm tomorrow night, everyone welcome, as owner Chris Maykut told us last week (here’s our sneak peek inside, before it was all finished).

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Nova passes 1st design review, but city parking policy puzzles
March 25, 2011 11:04 am
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 |   Development | Triangle | West Seattle news

(One of the “massing” graphics from the meeting presentation)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

Harbor Properties‘ next West Seattle development Nova (36th/Snoqualmie) stirred little controversy as it sailed through “early design guidance” last night, at the Southwest Design Review Board‘s first meeting in seven months (if there’s no project to review, they don’t meet).

However, a revelation about recent city code changes loomed large: The fact that Nova and other developments in certain areas of the city could be built with no on-site parking at all (though Harbor is currently looking at providing .6 of a space per unit, about the same as its nearby Link and Mural [WSB sponsors] developments).

“When did (the rule) change?” asked Triangle property owner Jim Sweeney, saying that he believes few are aware of the changes.

Here’s the answer we found afterward:Read More

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