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Restaurants

Delancey Wood-Fired Pizza

Delancey Pizza
1415 NW 70th St
Wed-Sat, 5 PM to 10 PM
Sun, 5 PM to 9 PM
(206) 838-1960
http://delanceyseattle.com

Delancey is definitely not in Crown Hill, but it is such a gem of a pizzeria, and so close by, you’ll just have to make your way down there and feast. Delancey is located in that wonderful little business district located on 70th St around 14th Ave NW. They are neighbors of the Honore Artisan Bakery at 1413 70th, but don’t plan on popping over to Honore for dessert after feasting at Delancey because Honore closes at 4. Clearly worth a separate trip.

Delancey was started up by Brandon Pettit and Molly Wizenberg. Perhaps you’re already acquainted with Molly from her Orangette (http://orangette.blogspot.com) blog, one of the most well written blogs about real food in the whole world.

Delancey’s pizzas are all baked in a wood-fired pizza oven, so if you haven’t yet been treated to a hearth baked pizza, this is your chance. We had the Crimini pizza, and the Prosciutto. Both were mouth wateringly good. Each was about twelve inches in diameter, about right for one person, and reasonably priced at $12 and $15 respectively. Each had a handcrafted feel, slightly non-circular shape, super thin crust, and just the right amount of toppings to balance the rustic crust. We finished the meal with a monstrous chocolate chip cookie with grey salt (recipe here on Molly’s blog) and a luscious Budino elegantly served in a wide mouth jam jar.

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Land Use/Zoning, Parks & Greenspace, Special Events, Transportation

Holman/15th Median Study Review

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15th Near 85th Artists Concept
15th Near 85th Artists Concept

Thanks to everyone who filled out a survey questionnaire to help gauge community and business support for a vegetated median along portions of 15th Ave NW (from 83rd St to 87th St) and Holman Road (from 87th St to 12th Ave).  The Holman Road / 15th Ave corridor is a dominant feature in our community, and improvements to the corridor have the potential to make our neighborhood safer for both drivers and pedestrians, healthier for businesses, nicer looking and greener.

Holman / 15th Median Study Community Review Meeting
December 10, 2009 at 7:00pm, doors open at 6:30
Journey Church , 9204 11th Ave NW
Snacks provided

On Thursday, December 10 at 7:00pm the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association and the Crown Hill Business Association will host a community meeting to review designs for a series of planted medians for a section of the Holman Road / 15th Ave NW corridor.  Produced by a team of students from the University of Washington’s Community, Environment, and Planning Program, these designs reflect the responses from more than 290 Crown Hill residents through an online survey, as well as conversations with SDOT, Metro transit officials, and business owners along the corridor.

The student team will present a preliminary conceptual drawing (see draft below) and discuss several options for your comment.  Feedback from this meeting will be used to produce their final design recommendations.

Preliminary Median Concept Schematic
Preliminary Median Concept Schematic
Crown Hill Center, Parks & Greenspace, Volunteers

Small Faces Fences

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Lynn Wirta, Small Faces Emeritus Executive Director, has asked for community input and assistance in designing the play field fences east of the school building.

Small Faces is slowly moving towards renovating the playground, (including the fence issue) now that the building has been secured.  We have several draft drawings that are a result of children, family, staff and neighborhood input. Now we need someone to take the ideas and create a formal picture that can be used for marketing our plan.  Are there any neighbors who might have the architectual skills we need who would be interested in helping?

The fence model we like is patterned after the one at the Phinney Neighborhood Association.  It has planters as the safety barrier and will include a people gate and a vehicle gate for access to the future City Park.  See the attached pictures.

What do you think?
Lynn

Phinney Fence 1
Phinney Fence 1
Phinney Fence 2
Phinney Fence 2

Interested in contributing ideas or skills to this project, contact Small Faces at smallfaces@smallfaces.org or John Otto (the new executive director) at johnny@smallfaces.org or phone at (206) 782-2611.

Government

McGinn Town Hall Meeting Wrap-Up

A very friendly crowd of approximately 300 people showed up for Mayor-elect Mike McGinn’s transition team town hall meeting at the Northgate Community Center on November 30th. This meeting was one of a series of meetings held, one each in the North, Central and South parts of the city. He assumes the responsibilties on January 1st with an official ceremony taking place on Monday, January 4th.

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Crime/Emergency

Stabbing on Holman Road, Nov 22, 2009

According to a number of media sources there was a stabbing approximately 7 PM, Sunday evening. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. The incident occurred near Holman Road and 90th, although the emergency response address was listed as Holman Road and Mary Ave.

Here are some links with more detail about the incident:

According to at least one of the articles above, the injured woman did not know her assailant. Please be cautious of and attentive to your surroundings. Do not display fancy electronic gear (phones, ipods, gps units, etc). Immediately call 911 to report suspicious activity when you see it.

Updated December 3rd:

Police are looking for a white male 5′ 8″ tall, approximately 300 lbs, short hair, small tattoo on his left thumb.