Leschi Council
- Mar 14
Community meeting: Shulman Memorial
Our community was deeply saddened when long-time community member, Steve Shulman, passed away in March 2020. Former mayor Jenny Durkin...
Georgia S. McDade
- Feb 20
A Nation Under Stress
No, thanks. I do not plan to discuss, certainly not defend, or attempt to defend the policemen—the five Black policemen—shown brutally...
Roger Lippman
- Feb 20
Life and Times in Leschi: Powell Barnett, Part 2
In his 1968 interview with Larry Gossett (excerpted here last month), Powell Barnett refers to the fact that housing discrimination was...
Ashley Martin
- Feb 20
Public Safety
The LCC hosted a community meeting about public safety on Feb 1. About 35 community members came together. We were joined by the SPD’s...
Leschi Council
- Feb 20
March event postponed
TO BE RESCHEDULED (originally March 1st, 7pm) Grace Methodist Church (downstairs meeting room) 722 30th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 We are...
Roger Lippman
- Jan 22
Powell Barnett
I recently discovered that the paper archives of the Leschi Community Council (originally known as the Leschi Improvement Council, LIC)...
Junius Rochester
- Jan 22
The Mosquito Fleet
Because I had the luck and privilege of having been raised on the Seattle shores of Lake Washington, I recall the last runs of the...
John Barber
- Jan 21
Remembering a Community Leader
In January, we published a tribute to Thurston Muskelly as he had returned home from the Parkshore retirement community. We were to learn...
Leschi Council
- Jan 21
Feb 1st Public Safety Meeting
February 1, 2023 at 7pm We believe public safety is integral to a healthy and welcoming community. This is why we regularly dedicate a...
LIHI
- Dec 24, 2022
Ground broken on 86 affordable units in Central District
LIHI and project partner the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd have broken ground on a new affordable housing project on two parcels...
Jennifer Marquardt
- Dec 24, 2022
The 2022 Leschi Elementary Giving Garland Results
Supporting people in our community... Thank you for another year of generosity and support! The Leschi Elementary Giving Garland, a...
Karen Daubert
- Dec 24, 2022
Leschi's Leader: Thurston D. Muskelly
I can’t recall the first time I met Thurston–or even the issue or organization that we had in common at the time–but I do recall the...