Roosevelt QFC demolition has begun (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

November 27, 2012 by 3 Comments

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

The Roosevelt QFC (6618 Roosevelt Way NE) — the first QFC in the chain — is meeting its end as we speak, as the grocery store gives way to Sound Transit light rail station construction.

We went by with our camera this afternoon, and recorded some of the destruction.

Video of some of the demolition

From 12th Avenue NE (east side)

 

 

 From Roosevelt Way NE (west side)

From NE 66th Street (south side)


From the Roosevelt High School track (above 12th Ave NE)

Filed Under: Construction, Light Rail, Photos, Roosevelt, Sound Transit, Video

Your Moment of Ravenna Zen: Halloween Muddy Waters Coffee Company

October 27, 2012 by 2 Comments

I’m a big fan of the Muddy Waters Coffee at the corner of NE 65th Street and 23rd Avenue NE — not because of the drive-through window, but because they DECORATE.

Here’s the stand today, in its Halloween costume:

He could’ve gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids.

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Filed Under: Businesses, Food, Moment of Ravenna Zen, Photos, Ravenna, Ravenna Zen

Your Moment of Ravenna Zen: Ravenna School Reds

October 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Autumn has definitely arrived: The days are shorter, weather has turned rainy and blustery, and ZOMG look at the trees!

These beauties live on the backside of the Ravenna School Apartments (6545 Ravenna Ave NE), and they are among my fall favorites in our neighborhood.

SO RED.

Jealous much, evergreen?

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Filed Under: Moment of Ravenna Zen, Photos, Ravenna, Ravenna Zen, Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center

Three alarm fire in Laurelhurst (PHOTOS)

October 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Filed Under: 911, Laurelhurst, Photos, Seattle Fire Department

Plea in Noll shooting case expected Monday morning (PHOTOS, LIVE COVERAGE)

October 7, 2012 by 3 Comments

On the morning of Monday, October 8, I’ll be traveling from Ravenna to the King County Courthouse for Dihn Bowman’s arraignment hearing, when his defense team will enter a plea. In the space below, I’ll be live blogging my journey downtown and the events at the courthouse as they happen.

An appeal for a strong showing of Yancy’s friends and supporters at the arraignment was made on the Yancy Noll Memorial Facebook page. It reads, in part:

Prosecuting attorney Scott O’Toole wants a full courtroom on October 8th, for the arraignment of Yancy Noll’s accused killer. He wants to show the judge how wide a circle Yancy touched. How big a hole this criminal left in our community. If you knew Yancy, or knew someone who knew him, or even if you just generally have a good opinion of wine stewards, hell, wine even! There! If you like wine and are upset at the absence of a good answer man about vino, come to the King County Superior Court in Seattle at 8:30am on Monday October 8th. Follow the crowd to the courtroom. This man’s loving reach into our community was longer and wider than any one of us knows.

Dihn Bowman is being charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Yancy Noll on August 31. Bowman was arrested at his home in Ravenna on September 12 21 (tip leading to his arrest was called in to on September 12), and is being held without bail in the King County Jail.

UPDATE (1:42 PM): KOMO News has their report up here (video will auto-play).

UPDATE (11:27 AM): Bowman and his defense team have entered a plea of NOT GUILTY. Photos from this morning follow, as goes the morning’s live coverage.

View from 4th Avenue looking up at the King County Courthouse, the sky bridge from King County Jail, and a waning moon.

 

4th Avenue entrance to the King County Courthouse.

 

Close-up of 4th Avenue doors.

 

View from Courtroom 1201, where the arraignment took place.

 

Left side of the gallery in courtroom 1201.

 

Right side of courtroom 1201. Picture taken before spectators started to overflow into the hallway.

 

Suspect Dihn Bowman entering the courtroom.

 

From left to right: Bowman, defense attorney John Henry Browne, and prosecuting attorney Scott O’Toole, all before Judge Kessler (not pictured).

 

Spokesman for Yancy Noll’s supporters, Brad Kenny, reading a statement to media gathered in the 12th floor elevator lobby.

 

Television cameras on Kenny while Prosecutor O’Toole (on right with folders) looks on.

 

Another shot of Kenny, surrounded by Yancy Noll supporters.

 

Seattle Times photojournalist John Lok taking a close-up picture of the button that was handed out to Noll supporters in the courtroom this morning.

Filed Under: Crime, Live Coverage, Photos, Ravenna, Roosevelt, Seattle Police Department

Your Moment of Ravenna Zen: Hovering Jack-o-Lanterns

October 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Looking for a new way to decorate your yard with jack-o-lanterns this year? Things are looking up!

We took these photos back in 2010, in the vicinity of NE 68th St and 31st Ave NE.

Eat your heart out, Martha Stewart.

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Filed Under: Moment of Ravenna Zen, Photos, Ravenna

Dryer fire in North Ravenna Sunday night (PHOTOS)

September 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Hose trailing from one of the engines responding to Sunday night’s call.

Seattle Fire Department units responded to a “fire in single family residence” call at 7:23 PM Sunday night on the 7500 block of 24th Ave NE.

Home where the fire occurred and Engine 40 from Wedgwood.

The fire was confined to a dryer. The tenant of home sustained minor injuries while attempting to put the fire out, and he was treated at the scene.

Tenant of the home being treated by fire department staff for his minor injuries.

Scene incident chief and a fire fighter checking out the washer/dryer unit after it was removed from the home.

The home was aired out with fans and was ruled safe for the tenant to reenter. Good results all around.

Two gentlemen from Fire Station 16 in Green Lake were kind enough to pause for a picture before their engine headed back into service.

Filed Under: 911, Photos, Ravenna, Seattle Fire Department

Your Moment of Ravenna Zen: Bryant Fire Hydrant

September 29, 2012 by 2 Comments

I can’t quite recall the cross streets where this guy lives — it’s NE 60th St and 3somethingth Ave NE. And I’m not sure how legal he is — painted city fire hydrant and all. But he is quite, quite cute.

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Filed Under: Bryant, Moment of Ravenna Zen, Photos, Ravenna Zen, Seattle Fire Department

No bail for Noll shooting suspect; charges expected by Tuesday (UPDATES)

September 22, 2012 by 5 Comments

This afternoon, the suspect in the August 31 shooting death of Yancy Noll made his first appearance before a judge.

Bowman, right, appearing before a judge in a King County Jail courtroom on Saturday / Image courtesy capitolhillseattle.com

Dinh Bowman, 29, was arrested at his home in Ravenna on Friday morning. His car, a silver BMW Z4 convertible, was towed out of his garage shortly after.

Fellow Seattle Times Newspartner, Capitol Hill Seattle (CHS), was there in the courtroom today:

Judge Kara Murphy agreed with a request for no bail in the hearing as the prosecutor outlined evidence police detectives say they have already collected including proof of the “sophistication” of Bowman’s effort to repair and conceal his Z4 convertible BMW and an online video reportedly showing Bowman progressing rapidly through a target course while firing one-handedly firing a .45 caliber handgun in a shooting competition.

According to CHS, police began watching Bowman’s home on September 12, after an anonymous female caller alerted them to the home. It was during this time (between the night of the shooting and Friday’s raid on the home) that Bowman was witnessed behaving like someone going to “great lengths to conceal possible evidence of the crime” (Seattle Times article about today’s court appearance). These behaviors included:

  • Neighbors noting that Bowman and his car, normally parked in the driveway, had not been seen lately.
  • Recent repairs made to the Z4, including new passenger-side window glass (repaired in Portland, Oregon) and all new tires (from a store in Lynnwood).
  • Photos of Bowman (in profile and with large sunglasses) found online matching the composite sketch of the suspect.

These and other details of the incriminating behavior that SPD investigators used to justify Bowman’s arrest can be found in the CHS post and this probable cause statement obtained by CHS (Flickr link).

Prosecutors are expected to file charges of either first degree murder or second degree road rage murder against Bowman by Tuesday, September 25, says CHS.

UPDATE (6:32 PM): Here’s KING 5’s story on today’s courtroom appearance.

UPDATE (Sunday, September 23): And here’s KIRO 7’s story on the courtoom appearance.

Filed Under: Crime, Photos, Ravenna, Roosevelt, Seattle Police Department, Updates

Your Moment of Ravenna Zen: 5744

September 22, 2012 by 2 Comments

So you buy a house on a hill. And no one can see it clearly from the street. And your friends can never find the place. (And neither could ambulances or the police, if it came to that.) So what is a home owner to do?

Well done, 5744.

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Filed Under: Bryant, Moment of Ravenna Zen, Photos, Ravenna, Ravenna Zen
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