First Quarter Real Estate Report

New listings barely keep pace with sales“Multiple offers are ‘the new normal’ for the housing market around Puget Sound,” proclaims a recent press release from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.  And as if to underscore that point, a recent listing in the Wedgewood neighborhood garnered a virtually unbelievable 33 offers, according to the manager of Windermere Real Estate’s Madison Park Office, Dave Hale, who also notes that a recent sale...

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Upcoming

Project completion to be celebrated WednesdayIt was years in the making, but the final punch list has been completed and the new Stormwater Tank in Washington Park is now both functional and fully landscaped. The public is invited to join in a celebration of the completion of the Madison Valley Stormwater Project at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning.  City of Seattle officials, including Councilmember Jean Godden, will be on hand for a ribbon-cutting...

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A facelift for Triangle Park

McNae Family extends its giftThings were looking pretty sparse for awhile at the Triangle Park, located directly in front of Bing's (4200 E. Madison St.).  A landscape crew had swooped in a couple of weeks ago and removed all of the plants, leaving not much more than dirt behind. Last week, however, a crew returned to put some new life into this neighborhood amenity. The park is now looking green and orderly, though perhaps a bit more...

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Unfortunate confluence

Tree limb meets up with car in a bad wayThis was the scene on the 600 block of 36th Avenue E. this afternoon after a gusting wind passed through the neighborhood, causing a very large tree branch to topple onto a car that had been parked in a more exposed position than its driver probably realized. The car  behind the battered Honda appears to have come off unscathed. Wind speeds in the Seattle area were reported to be as high as 40 mph today,...

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April Police Blotter

Madison Park: crime hotspot?To look at the April crime map, which shows multiple reports of harassment (the red icons with the exclamation points) and a couple of arrests (those blue icons with the handcuffs), you might think that the neighborhood is suffering a significant escalation of criminal activity.  Fortunately, you'd be wrong.While there was a fair number of unlikely and not-to-serious situations that resulted in police reports last...

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Almost summer

With the air temperature reaching into the low eighties, Madison Park Beach this weekend looked very much as it does at the height of summer---minus the swimmers. The water temperature was most likely in the mid-50s, typical for this time of year, so there was a lot more wading, paddling, and kayaking going on than immersion. Water temperatures generally range from the mid-60s to as high as 75 degrees when summer heats up.We're still six weeks away...

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Washington Park's Peter Seligmann to speak

'We are all connected!'The connection between "the health of Puget Sound, our planet, and people" will be the subject of a upcoming lecture by noted conservation activist, Peter Seligmann, founder and CEO of Conservation International. The Seattle Aquarium will be the location for this education evening, May 16, beginning with a reception at 6:30, followed by the program at 7:30 pm. Seligmann, whose work with Conservation International spans...

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Bomb squad makes an appearance

May Day false alarm enlivens neighborhoodAt about 7:15 this morning the call came in to the SPD that a suspicious object had been found near the intersection of 39th Avenue E. and E. Galer St., close to the Wells Fargo branch that has been the target of previous attacks. The police immediately mobilized their ABS (Arson/Bomb Squad) Unit, which rolled into Madison Park soon thereafter. This was the scene as a part of E. Madison Street...

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