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Update on Pave-a-palooza ’06

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New city update out tonight on the road work in The Junction. Bottom line is that it sounds like every repair project ever undertaken on our little old house … “turns out things were worse than we thought, till we went in.” Hope the businesses aren’t suffering too badly … remember, both sides of the street have a fair amount of rear parking!

New twist in West Seattle school-closure plan

September 18, 2006 11:30 am

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Just announced by Seattle Public Schools this morning ... now Roxhill is on
the chopping block, and Pathfinder is poised for a move to Cooper. Here's
coverage from the P-I, and from the Times.

One of those “who knew?” things

September 18, 2006 12:54 am

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A tiny bit of West Seattle history lives on in San Francisco — one of those trivia tidbits weÃ‚Â bump into sometimes while Web-wandering. An SF facility called the Zeum is home to a merry-go-round (carousel, if you prefer) that once graced the long-ago WS fantasyland called Luna Park (which was nowhere near the bridge-vicinity area now carrying that name). Here’s the merry-go-round’s history, including a link to historic photos.