Neighborhood awash in mini-carsFor a few weeks earlier this year it looked like some car-rental company had decided to dispose of its auto inventory onto the streets of Madison Park rather than buying a parking lot somewhere and behaving like a normal operator. The sudden hyper-abundance of those little blue-and-white vehicles was, of course, just part of the rental company's media hype---a more-subtle version of that well-known ploy used by certain...
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
January Police Blotter
Posted on 8:59 AM by don

Crime takes a holidayFor the first time in the almost four years that we've been covering neighborhood crime, we can report a month in which there were apparently no house break-ins and zero car thefts. Madison Park was virtually free of significant criminal activity during January. That assumes that the Seattle Police map, above, accurately reflects the crimes reported for the period. Let's enjoy our sense of relative security while we can.The...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Madison Park: regional banking center
Posted on 2:09 PM by don
HomeStreet Bank to lease the former Tully's space?Though the neighborhood is already home to four bank branches, Madison Parkers are apparently about to get a fifth banking option. According to our sources, HomeStreet Bank, a State-chartered savings bank based in Seattle, has leased the prime location that was vacated by Tully's last October (4036 E. Madison Street). HomeStreet was unwilling to confirm the story "at this...
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The tax man cometh
Posted on 2:29 PM by don

Madison Park's 2013 tax rate increases by 3.98%King County will be mailing out the 2013 property-tax bills this week (expected arrival date: Valentine's Day), and Madison Parkers will on average see an increase in taxes relative to last year. Seattle's tax rate is going up from $10.17 per $1,000 of home value to $10.51. For the City as a whole, this uptick in the tax rate will be almost entirely offset by the fact that the median assessed value of...
Monday, February 4, 2013
Mission accomplished in Washington Park
Posted on 8:20 AM by don
Multiple projects completed (finally)The seemingly never-ending Madison Valley Stormwater Project ended with a whimper last month as the finishing touches were completed on the Project's final phase, landscaping of the water tank in Washington Park. The area is now open to the public through a new pedestrian pathway which snakes its way from the sidewalk at E. Madison Street down into the Park:We're told that the fencing around the newly-landcaped...
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Registration soon begins for co-op preschool
Posted on 7:56 PM by don

Open house on TuesdayThe Madison Park Cooperative Preschool will be holding its annual Spring Open House from 6 until 8 pm on Tuesday, February 5. The Preschool, which is housed in the Madison Park Bath House (1900 43rd Avenue E.), will soon begin enrolling for the the Fall 2013-14 school year. At the Open House, teachers, board members, a financial aid officer, and parents of children currently enrolled in the School will be available...
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