June 10, 2017
Eastlake’s Own Seattle Chess School Reinvigorates, Inspires Community
Many people walk by, stop and do a double take. There are young people sitting at tables, looking serious, deep in thought. In front of them is a chess board: an unusual sight in the era of smart phones and virtual reality, but a welcoming one nonetheless.… More
June 8, 2017
Dick Wagner, 1933-2017: Champion of Lake Union
Eastlake and Lake Union lost a dear friend and great champion with the April 20 death of Dick Wagner. The Seattle Times obituary by Claudia Rowe tells how it all started: Wagner grew up in New Jersey and was trained as an architect. … More
March 28, 2017
Susan Kaufman: An Open Heart
Last year became notorious for so many famous and exceptional people passing away. Even Eastlake wasn’t immune. One of its stars, Susan Kaufman, founder of the restaurant Serafina and its “bratty little sister,” as Susan called Cicchetti, passed away last July due to complications from cancer.… More
March 10, 2017
Robin’s Nest will be built at old Red Robin site
Last month the Daily Journal of Commerce reported that development of the old Red Robin site was moving forward with a 61-union residential structure containing space for a restaurant or pub on the ground level and 21 underground parking spaces. The new construction will play homage to the old site calling itself Robin’s Nest — quite a nest it will be too with rooftop decks all around.… More
January 7, 2017
Second Notice: New York Times highlights Eastlake real estate
The New York Times seems to have discovered Eastlake. For the second time in less than a month another Eastlake property, this time an Italian hillside villa condo, part of the Siena Del Lago complex, with shared greenhouse lap pool and views of Lake Union, was featured in the Times’ real estate section last Sunday under the column “What You Get.” The asking price?… More
December 18, 2016
Lake Union Floating Home Featured in the New York Times
A Lake Union floating home in Eastlake was featured in Last Sunday’s New York Times Business/Real Estate section column What you get – $950,000.
As it turns out there’s a front door and a back door to this story.
First through the front door – “It was quite exciting” says Melissa Ahlers the broker for the property and an Eastlake resident of 16 years, “to get that call from the New York Times.”
The column picks a price point and researches what kind of homes you can find around the country, so the one bath, two bedroom floating home on the lake for $925,000 was contrasted with a home practically in the desert – a three bedroom, three and a half bath stucco in Santa Fe, NM, for $895,000, and with a seaming mansion – a six bedroom, six bath Greek Revival in Asheville, NC, for $930,000.… More
September 15, 2016
From Parking Lot to Public Park: City Awards the East Howe Steps Plaza Project a $100k Construction Grant
Although you may not be able to tell right now, a new public plaza is taking shape in Eastlake. It will be on a triangular piece of public land that has been used as parking by businesses over the years, east of Fairview Ave.… More
September 11, 2016
Lake Union Mail changes carriers; so what’s on the horizon for the former owner?
On July 2 Jules James quietly delivered Lake Union Mail to a new owner. He had owned the small storefront shop that packed and shipped boxes, sold stamps and rented out some 500 private mailboxes on Louisa St. behind Louisa’s Café in Eastlake since 1989.… More
February 7, 2016
Eastlake Community Council sends letter to the city to fix Fairview Ave. flooding
The ducks love it, but flooding on Fairview Avenue isn’t much fun for anyone else. The water is dirty and nearly two feet deep in some places, and it’s taking away scarce Eastlake parking, wearing away infrastructure, and forcing pedestrians off the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop pathway onto the roadway with cars, according to a February 2, Eastlake Community Council letter sent to the mayor, city representatives, and city councilmember, Rob Johnson.… More
January 18, 2016
Should bike lanes replace parking on Eastlake Ave.? Plus Fairview Bridge Replacement update
If you attended SDOTs open houses on Roosevelt to Downtown High Capacity Transit Study on December 9 or 10 and on Fairview Avenue North Bridge Replacement on November 10, then you didn’t miss much at the January 12 public meeting, as information from the open houses is largely unchanged.… More
