Beacon Hill Blog

Public art abounds on Beacon Hill

Our first annual “Top of the Hill” survey is still open for a while yet, and we’re not releasing results until it closes, but there has been one fairly frequent answer that I’ve noticed. One of the questions is “What is your favorite public art on Beacon Hill?” and while most people do have a favorite, there has been a surprisingly large number of people who say they don’t know of any public art up here. While we may not have as much obvious public art as some neighborhoods, we do have a fair amount. (The number probably doubled with this year’s addition of the Link station and its multiple artworks.) Here’s a collection of images of some of the art we all enjoy on Beacon Hill.

Many of these photos are from the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr. Have any photos you’d like to share? You are welcome to contribute them to the pool.

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Tags: blue wall, daejeon park, jose rizal park, kusina filipina, library, light rail station, p-patch, sturgus park

Neighbors bearish at BAN meeting

Craig Thompson sends a report from last night’s meeting of the Beacon Alliance of Neighbors (BAN). Here are some of the highlights:

At last night’s BAN meeting, four neighborhood project coordinators decided that whenever we call 911 about crime, etc., we will indicate a bear is part of the action. An all purpose report would go something like:

Fourteen youths have been jumped by a bear making gang signs off campus, near Cleveland High. The bear was later reported pushing a Goodwill shopping cart, and carrying a gas can, while approaching drivers at the Shell station. A bear – identity unclear – was then spotted traversing several backyards, carrying a cash register and an application for a
liquor license. A bear – presumably an ursa minor – was spotted in possession of several cans of Old English 800, Red Bull, and acrylic enamel. Near evening, a bear accosted several residents about free burglar alarm equipment while stealing their potted plants.

80 significant trees in the woods south of Dr. Jose Rizal Park were saved from ivy infestations by two EarthCorps crews this past Tuesday, May 19; a crew will return on June 8 to continue heading south along the west side of Beacon Hill.
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Tags: ban, bayview stairs, bear, jose rizal park, p-patch, parks

Beacon Bits: Lunch planning

• Hungry Girl visits Lunch Counter
• ColorsNW on the Presidential vegetable garden and the Beacon Ave P-Patch
• House values down 12 percent in Beacon Hill notes the Ballard News Tribune
• Eat The State is looking for south-end distributors
• And don’t forget about the Transit-Oriented Development meeting Saturday starting at 9

Tags: garden, housing, lunch counter, p-patch, planning

Beacon Bits: One less editor, one more barista

• Victrola on Beacon Avenue is hiring a part-time “superstar barista” — craigslist
• South Seattle Beacon editor Erik Hansen was recently laid off; the paper will now be edited by Vera Chan-Pool, who also edits the North Seattle Herald-Outlook and the Capitol Hill Times, also produced by Pacific Publishing. The papers will compensate for the reduced staff by sharing more articles in all the chain’s papers, and running fewer stories specific to each neighborhood — Seattle P-I
• The Beacon Bluff P-Patch was featured on the Seattle Daily Photo blog
• Bruce Gray at Sound Transit gives us further info about the recent gas leak at the light rail station: “Our contractors were removing sound wall support footings along 17th Avenue when they struck an abandoned, unmarked gas line… The old line has now been capped at the main.”

Tags: gas leak, jobs, light rail station, p-patch, south seattle beacon, victrola