Followup: No Junction pay stations – but what about other areas?
One note of interest, following up on this afternoon’s bulletin that the city is NOT considering pay stations for street parking in The Junction, because the statistics just don’t show a need. (See our...
View ArticleJunction Neighborhood Organization: Updates on parking, parks
From tonight’s Junction Neighborhood Organization meeting: JUNCTION PARKING REVIEW PROGRESS: SDOT‘s project manager Dante Taylor (right) briefed the group –Though the decision NOT to propose pay...
View ArticleFinal meeting set for Junction Plaza Park
The final public meeting about Junction Plaza Park (mentioned in our coverage of Tuesday’s Junction Neighborhood Organization meeting) is now officially scheduled: 6:30 pm October 5 at the Senior...
View ArticleJunction Plaza Park: Design almost done; 1 more $ hurdle to clear
That’s the updated design for Junction Plaza Park (42nd & Alaska) shown to about two dozen people last night at the Senior Center of West Seattle – or, for a somewhat more-3-D type of view:...
View ArticleJunction Neighborhood Organization: Parking plan & park update
Story and photo by Christopher Boffoli Reporting for West Seattle Blog At Tuesday night’s Junction Neighborhood Organization meeting: Information from SDOT on the implementation of the West Seattle...
View Article@ the Parks Board: Junction Plaza Park has a construction contract
(Junction Plaza Park design from last round of meetings in 2009) We’re at the Seattle Parks Board meeting downtown – where the big news will be a briefing on the Parks budget situation, which we were...
View ArticleJunction Plaza Park: Work officially begins on Monday
Just confirmed with the Parks Department that Monday will mark the official groundbreaking at Junction Plaza Park – two weeks after Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher announced at a Parks Board...
View ArticleJunction Plaza Park: Groundbreaking today, completion by June
From left, Susan Melrose from the West Seattle Junction Association (WSB sponsor) and Cari Day Day wielded the shovels this morning at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Junction Plaza Park (northwest...
View ArticleJunction Plaza Park: They’re really digging it
Thanks to Brian from TouchTech Systems in The Junction for sharing that photo of the intensifying work at the site of Junction Plaza Park, where groundbreaking earlier this month followed more than a...
View ArticleComing up in The Junction: Park planting, dedication; Health Fair
Three dates to share for The Junction: First, as shared by Friends of Junction Plaza Park, June 5 is set for the start of a community planting party after construction concludes at the new park at...
View Article2 Junction notes: Shadowland sidewalk café; park-planting signups
First Junction note – as the weather warms up even more, another sidewalk café is in progress – driving by Shadowland this afternoon, we noticed work proceeding on its outdoor area. We mentioned the...
View ArticleHappening now: Planting day at Junction Plaza Park
From Friends of Junction Plaza Park, that’s Junction Neighborhood Organization president Erica Karlovits and West Seattle Junction Association executive director Susan Melrose. You might dub them the...
View ArticleJunction Plaza Park: Who’ll be at the June 29 dedication
Sharon, Marcie, Marie, Jane, Kyle and Joan from West Seattle’s Endolyne Garden Club last Saturday) One week after the sun-splashed planting party in which volunteers like the group above helped place...
View ArticleUpdate: Junction Plaza Park ceremony – “It’s dedicated!”
(The grassy west half of Junction Plaza Park, just before the dedication ceremony) ORIGINAL 5:35 PM REPORT: Quite the crowd at the corner of 42nd and Alaska, and the event is about to start,...
View ArticleWar on waste: Junction park sets up ‘designated pet areas’
No doubt, the majority of dog owners are responsible and respectful of others. And then, there are the few who make things unpleasant for everybody else by not picking up after their pets. More than a...
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