It certainly has been a strange summer. After weeks of of waiting for summer to arrive, it finally warmed up and gave us some sun, only to take it away and slap us with 60-degree weather and 75 percent humidity. And then today Queen Anne woke up to blue skies and an almost opaque bank of fog covering Elliott Bay. When I walked to my car this morning, this is what I saw:
The Space Needle buried in fog. Quite a beautiful sight, and one more reason to love living in Queen Anne. Even still, let’s hope the foggy mornings dissipate and the sunshine stays a while.
Queen Anne-ers were out in full force dressed in red and white for The Comstock Commission‘s Second Annual Running of the Bulls on Saturday, July 9. Reader and runner Chelsea Nesvig snapped a bunch of photos of the run as it made its way from Paragon on Queen Anne Avenue, to Kerry Park on Highland.
Check out the rest of the photos of Running of the Bulls festivities in Chelsea’s Flickr album.
* Thanks to Chelsea Nesvig for taking and sharing these photos!
Whether you were braving the crowds at Gas Works Park last night, watching the view from your favorite hidden peak on Queen Anne, or snuggling up on your couch to watch the celebrations on TV, the Fourth of July Lake Union fireworks were quite a sight to see. Check out some of the pictures–and headlines–collected from this year’s Independence Day.
Here’s a sight you don’t see everyday, and if you happened to be hanging out along the Ship Canal earlier this week you may have caught a glimpse of it yourself. Linda was kind enough to send these photos to our sister site FremontUniverse.com of a houseboat heading down the Ship Canal on Tuesday, June 21.
It took two tugboats and a little bit of time but the house, previously moored on the west side of the Ballard Bridge, finally went on its way.
All painted up for the big Solstice parade last weekend, Kris had a big question on his mind. One that he planned to pop on his girlfriend of two years, Amy, somewhere along the parade route. “He was topless, but wore bike shorts so that we could show the pictures to my grandmother,” Amy says.
The couple is now looking for pictures of the proposal, so if you happened to be at the Solstice Parade last weekend and caught this proposal in action (and on film), email Kris and Amy at preppyhippies at gmail dot com. Our sister site, FremontUniverse.com, has the full story.
A 30 x 58 foot American flag, dubbed the Patriot Flag, made its way through Seattle yesterday, where it made an appearance at Seattle Center, part of a 50-city tour that will end in New York City in time for the 10-year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks later this year.
One of our readers, Scott Comey, sent in these pictures taken of the flag, which was hung from two 100-foot aerial ladder trucks at the south side of the International Fountain Tuesday afternoon.
The flag departed for Providence, Rhode Island today. You can follow the flag’s progress here, or get more information on the Patriot Flag Project here.
It was a weekend of unexpected surprises for many in Queen Anne, beginning with those who woke up without power Saturday Morning. The outage, which was caused by a blown transformer and left nearly 10,000 people without electricity in Queen Anne and Magnolia, was not aided by the wind, which toppled over several trees in the neighborhood, adding to the chaos.
This video, submitted by MichaelG, illustrates the scene at 1400 Bigelow Ave N on the hill, where one large tree not only fell into the street and took down some power lines, but crushed a parked car in the process.
The above photo was also submitted by MichaelG.
Photo submitted by Chas Royal.
The fallen tree blocked through access on Bigelow, and City Light and Seattle Fire Department crews kept the area closed off for most of the day while they cleaned up the mess.
Photo submitted by Mark Taylor.
According to Seattle City Light, all but 1,900 customers had their power restored by 1 p.m. Saturday. But the incident served as evidence of what can happen when Queen Anne’s aging power lines and a little unfavorable weather meet—what crews on the scene were calling a “real mess.”
While only a few inches of snow fell on Queen Anne yesterday, it was enough to cover the Counterbalance, and many of the neighborhood’s other steep streets, in ice, and virtually prevent cars from going up and down the hill. Many of those that attempted to traverse the ice, turned the slopes into an icy, slippery bumper car arena (make sure to watch the videos).
This car was one of four in a five-car pile-up left overnight at Queen Anne Ave N and Ward St after sliding and crashing together late Monday night.
Today Queen Anne-ers wasted no time enjoying the ice before it melts off later today and tomorrow. Many neighbors have spent last night and today sledding down the hill, while weaving around the abandoned cars strewn across the road.
Sledders attempt to salvage the last of the ice on Queen Anne Ave N, swerving around the remaining cars that got stuck in the slippery mess Monday night.
As of 2 p.m. the Counterbalance was still closed to through traffic, however a few gutsy drivers have managed to move their cars off the hill by sliding down slowly and carefully.
And one tow truck managed to pick up one of the four cars that were still crunched together from the collision late last night (video here).
We’ll be posting a gallery of more Queen Anne snow fun (and chaos) pictures shortly. Have a pic or video you’d like to submit? Email us at tips@queenanneview.com, or post the link below.
We’re a little late in posting pictures from the annual neighborhood trick-or-treat even on Queen Anne Avenue Sunday—but better late than never, right?
Our friends over at Zaw took some great pictures of costumed neighbors and shared them with us.
This Halloween there were quite a few Queen Anne-ers who dressed in matching ensembles for the day!
All in all the Halloween festivities were colorful as always.
Check out more of the Zaw team’s photos on their brand new blog.
Have some great Halloween pics you’d like to share with the neighborhood? Email us at tips@queenanneview.com and we’ll add them!
A friend (thanks, Nina!) recently introduced me to VintageSeattle.org and some pretty amazing photos posted earlier this month of the Space Needle mid-construction prior to the 1962 World’s Fair.
VintageSeattle blogger Jess Cliffe gave us permission to re-post a few of the pictures, which were provided to him courtesy of Josh Salwitz (thanks, Jess…and Josh!).
What strikes me most about these photos—other than how Lower Queen Anne seems to have really sprung up around the Needle and Seattle Center, and how crazy the Needle itself looks all yellow and half-built—is the very modern quality of the images.
All of the pictures are dated between 1961 and 1962, though they almost look like someone Photoshopped an unfinished Space Needle into a present picture—if it weren’t for the missing buildings and ’60s cars giving the year away.
The man or woman who was behind the lens, however, is a mystery. “Don’t know who the original photographer was, sadly,” Jess wrote.
Want to see more? You can view all of the photos here.
(Photos courtesy of Jess Cliffe and Josh Salwitz; thanks to Nina Pardo for the tip).
For anyone who was in downtown Seattle this weekend, you probably caught some of the Pride Parade, which poured into Seattle Center mid-day Sunday, where thousands celebrated Pride Fest under the Needle.
For those of you who couldn’t make it to Pride this year, we’ve captured some of the festivities through photos.
Crowds enjoyed the International Fountain on the cloudy, but still quite warm summer day.
One of our readers, Bruce Wilson, posted this picture (taken from Big Howe on the top of the hill) on our Facebook page, and we liked it so much, we thought we’d share!
Here’s to a beautiful evening sky over Queen Anne!
Santa will be landing at ProRobics at the top of the hill this weekend, located at 1530 Queen Anne Ave N., where he will be taking pictures with with anyone in the holiday spirit, including pets. Photos are $10 each and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to youth activities programs at the Queen Anne Community Center, which provide many healthy, active learning activities for kids of all ages. 100 percent of the pet photo proceeds will go toward community veterinary assistance programs. Any further proceeds to ProRobotics will be put toward “activity scholarships, upgrades to equipment and direct assistance to a local family in need in the form of winter coats, socks and underwear and toys.”
Santa will be at ProRobics the following times this weekend:
Friday, December 18: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00pm
Saturday, December 19: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00pm
Sunday, December 20: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00pm
Santa will be visiting Magnolia this weekend and next, taking professional pictures at the Serendipity Cafe every Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m., until Christmas.
Walk ins are welcome or you can call (206) 406-7119 to make an appointment. More information here .
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