Ada's was an institution. My favorite neighborhood bookstore during lockdown. Quasi regular geek meeting site. You will be missed :(

Update from SFD: “crews made entry and secured a natural gas line for a stove. They are ventilating the building. No injuries reported. Reducing response.”

sorry :(

After 16 years on Capitol Hill, Ada’s Technical Books to close and sibling Fuel Coffee shops up for sale A house home to a book shop on 15th Ave E for decades will need a fresh start and new owners are being sought for its sibling coffee shops. Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe will close in June…

Not great news: Ada’s Technical Books closing on 15th Ave E, Fuel Coffee shops being sold www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/afte...

Time to get your flow arts on

Central Co-op wants to be center of Capitol Hill Station development Capitol Hill’s homegrown food cooperative wants to return to its roots by doubling down in the the neighborhood with a new store in Capitol Hill’s future gateway development on Broadway. Central Co…

Forgot about this chapter in Capitol Hill Station development. What could have been www.capitolhillseattle.com/2016/04/cent...

And this one buried in the same piles of paperwork that sometimes reveal new boba tea shops and craft cocktail bars www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/capi...

"Scoop!" and "exclusive!" really just sometimes means they sent you the press release first. I like the kind where CHS just doing our job and find stuff first. A couple lately -- go to community mtg and find out SPD putting new cops on the nightlife beat www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/push...

Capitol Hill Tiny House Village part of mayor’s push for burst of new emergency shelter in Seattle A $1.1 million plan to build a 32-tiny house “emergency transitional encampment” just off Capitol Hill’s busy E Olive Way will be part of Mayor Katie Wilson’s push to rapidl…

The DESC project continues to move forward even as it has been hit by blowback over concerns of concentrating more social services in the densely packed area. Siting Seattle's new Tiny House Villages will face similar blowback, to be sure www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/capi...

DESC Capitol Hill ‘supportive housing’ project part of $108M in city affordable development funding Money from $108 million in Seattle Housing Levy funds will go to support affordable housing across the city and new developments across Capitol Hill and the Central District including a new “…

The Belmont property is eventually lined up to be a 120-unit supportive housing facility from DESC www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/01/desc...

Prime for ‘high-rise zoning,’ former First Hill home of Museum of Museums hits market The First Hill property home to the shuttered Museum of Museums is for sale. The Seattle DJC reports that the block of the Swedish First Hill campus at 1401 Madison is being dangled for developers. “CBRE recently put the block on … Continue reading →

Prime for ‘high-rise zoning,’ former First Hill home of Museum of Museums hits market

The Capitol Hill Tiny House Village will have 32 units, kitchen, laundry, plus a “hygiene trailer.” A security shack is diagramed at entrance facing Belmont Ave. "THVs" like this one in the CD pictured at its opening have been part of the area for a decade www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/capi...

The mayor's plan to speed up emergency shelter? Here it is taking shape on Belmont Ave in the middle of Capitol Hill www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/capi...

Capitol Hill Tiny House Village part of mayor’s push for burst of new emergency shelter in Seattle A $1.1 million plan to build a 32-tiny house “emergency transitional encampment” just off Capitol Hill’s busy E Olive Way will be part of Mayor Katie Wilson’s push to rapidly create new shelter in Seattle. Early plans for the “Capital … Continue reading →

Capitol Hill Tiny House Village part of mayor’s push for burst of new emergency shelter in Seattle

This week in CHS history | Capitol Hill Farmers Market gets new home, Denny Blaine lawsuit, new ownership at Neighbours Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history: 2025   The Harborview cafeteria: delicious, affordable, and kind of a secret Garfield High School mourns senior shot and killed in Yakima 2025’s anti-Trump protests are smaller, low-conflict, frequent, and have … Continue reading →

This week in CHS history | Capitol Hill Farmers Market gets new home, Denny Blaine lawsuit, new ownership at Neighbours

Pikes/Pines | Spring sights around the Hill — Flowering currants, Bigleaf blossoms, and Bushtits (yes, we said Bushtits) Spring can be disorientingly distracting. I have a hard time knowing where to look. I get home from work and now that the days are longer, I have time to wander around the garden staring at everything. “What’s newly emerged … Continue reading →

Pikes/Pines | Spring sights around the Hill — Flowering currants, Bigleaf blossoms, and Bushtits (yes, we said Bushtits)

New program placing freshest cops on the Capitol Hill nightlife beat By Brenna Gauchat As Chief Shon Barnes is championing new “neighborhood-oriented policing” and a test of dedicated officers on a beat patrolling Magnusson Park, residents attending a Se…

Fresh cops www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/push...

Investigators seek help identifying man found dead below the 520 bridge Officials are hoping the public can help identify a man found dead below the east end of the SR 520 bridge in February. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has put out a call for help with details about the … Continue reading →

Investigators seek help identifying man found dead below the 520 bridge

With four years to go, Seattle Council’s transportation chair calls for ‘performance audit’ of city’s traffic safety goals A popular choice for leaders unsure of which way to turn when it comes to important policies and programs is an audit. Measurement will be the next step as the Seattle City Council’s transportation chair Rob Saka says he wants … Continue reading →

With four years to go, Seattle Council’s transportation chair calls for ‘performance audit’ of city’s traffic safety goals

Capitol Hill Community Post | Help shape the Capitol Hill Community Council From the Capitol Hill Community Council The Capitol Hill Community Council continues to plug along on its mission of connecting the community.  The next meeting, April 22nd, will be the first Community Governance meeting since the CHCC redid its bylaws. The Community Governance … Continue reading →

Capitol Hill Community Post | Help shape the Capitol Hill Community Council

Push on ‘neighborhood-oriented policing’ includes new program placing freshest cops on the Capitol Hill nightlife beat By Brenna Gauchat As Chief Shon Barnes is championing new “neighborhood-oriented policing” and a test of dedicated officers on a beat patrolling Magnusson Park, residents attending a Seattle Police Department community meeting on public safety across Capitol Hill and the Central … Continue reading →

Push on ‘neighborhood-oriented policing’ includes new program placing freshest cops on the Capitol Hill nightlife beat

A year later, plea deal in Capitol Hill gay bar water pellet drive-by case

what the hail this is hard to graupel with www.capitolhillseattle.com/capitol-hill...

Central District YMCA and church land part of mayor’s plan to speed up Seattle ‘taller and denser’ zoning changes A proposal to speed up near-term development of new housing while the city continues to pound out longer-term changes to its growth plan includes a block of the Central District. Mayor Katie Wilson announced her plans to speed up Seattle … Continue reading →

Central District YMCA and church land part of mayor’s plan to speed up Seattle ‘taller and denser’ zoning changes

Seattle begins debate over raising limit for residents at ‘transitional encampments’ to 150 The Seattle City Council’s land use committee will take up key legislation needed to achieve Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to expand tiny house villages and provide more emergency shelter in Seattle. The new proposed bill from Wilson’s office would increase … Continue reading →

Seattle begins debate over raising limit for residents at ‘transitional encampments’ to 150

Capitol Hill Community Post | Espresso Vivace 38th Anniversary Tasting From Espresso Vivace David will be serving complimentary espresso shots on bar this week to celebrate this beautiful thing we all love! Where/when: Wednesday Alley24 4/15 noon-2pm Thursday. Brix 4/16 noon-2pm David will be serving Ethiopian Sidamo- Indian Monsooned Malabar- … Continue reading →

Capitol Hill Community Post | Espresso Vivace 38th Anniversary Tasting

With Broadway ghosts of Lionhead and Jade Pagoda, Blue Willow opens on E Pike There is finally a sign out front for Blue Willow. The new Capitol Hill Sichuan restaurant seemed determined to go about its quiet opening ...

With Broadway ghosts of Lionhead and Jade Pagoda, Blue Willow opens on E Pike

The long ago 5 Point Cleaners at 10th and Madison just across from IHOP being lined up for “event space and media production studio for live-streamed and recorded internet-based shows, interviews, musical performances..." www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/seat...

This infamous mobile DJ truck will have a new place to park -- The DJ Sessions is planning a Capitol Hill studio www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/04/seat...