The Golden Wheat Bakery
The Golden Wheat Bakery, which straddles Leschi and Madrona near MLK, is a welcoming neighborhood gem, a colorful café filled with the...

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Apr 1, 2016


Italian Wine Reigns Supreme
Il Vino Italiano Regna Suprema The quality of Italian wine becoming available to consumers lately is unparalleled. Week after week, the...

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Apr 1, 2016
A Visit to Downtown: Small Spaces, Big Ideas
“Beauty in the Decay” For a spring treat, you have until the end of April to stop by the ArtXchange Gallery near Pioneer Square to see...

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Apr 1, 2016


A Review of the March 13 Windstorm
This winter has rewritten the rulebook for strong El Niños. Meteorologists were so certain that Southern California would be far wetter...

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Apr 1, 2016


Grand Opening of Fitness Zone at Powell Barnett: April 30
An outdoor gym of exercise equipment for adults will open in Powell Barnett Park, corner of Martin Luther King Way and East Alder Street,...

Leschi Council
Apr 1, 2016
The Dragon Boat Team
Local Women in the News Wendy Ceccherelli and Pam Smith-Mentz, Leschi and Madrona residents respectively, are part of the Washington...

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Apr 1, 2016
The Manhattanization of Seattle?
These were the words uttered by Professor Henry McGee describing the demographic changes in Seattle at a recent meeting of the Seattle...

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Apr 1, 2016
Presidents’ Message
Our March speaker, Nick Licata, was encouraging us to become citizen activists and more importantly than that, do it effectively! When...

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Apr 1, 2016
Two special events on April 6
Colman Park restoration A presentation by Margy Bresslour and Evan Wright on restoring Colman Park to the Olmstead vision, with special...

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Apr 1, 2016
Let’s Reopen the Wading Pools
The two wading pools in our neighborhood, at Powell Barnett Park and Peppi’s Playground, have been closed for more than 5 years due to...

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Apr 1, 2016
A Small Business Owner on 23rd
In our March issue, we featured the plight of the business owners on 23rd Ave. during the long construction project. Madrona newsletter...

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Apr 1, 2016
DADU? What’s That?
Coming soon to a backyard near you: a cottage…if certain changes to Seattle’s land use code go through. Proposed as a means to address...

Leschi Council
Apr 1, 2016