Results tagged “encampment”

The slope of Queen Anne between Westlake and Dexter is a jungle. Again. In June, parks employees denuded the hillside, exposing and clearing out the makeshift homes hidden in the overgrowth. Workers tore down the illegal encampments and in some cases threw away the belongings--or was it trash?-- they found. We run by nearly every day, and stopped to read the signs, which were also in Spanish, that warned people what was to come. Aviso, they said. The ivy is back now and so are the campers. Last night we stepped over a telltale tarp that had slid down the hill and onto the sidewalk. The rustle of leaves is like someone closing a curtain. There are people who no longer ask anything of this world but to be left alone in it.

63 percent of the University Congregational United Church of Christ voted to open their hearts and their parking lot--at 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 45th Street--to the roaming homeless encampment known as Nickelsville.

• West Seattle Blog has the update on Nickelsville and the encampment's scheduled ouster.
• Losing your glasses sucks. Losing your glasses on the bus, and knowing they will be donated to someone in need of glasses but unable to afford them, sucks slightly less.
• Ooh this sounds delicious and delightful. MyBallard announces 2009's "Dinner and Movie" series, with dinner courtesy of Volterra paired with some truly classic food films.

Under the cover of darkness and secrecy, a Seattle homeless encampment named "Nickelsville" in mockery of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels moved to a new location early this morning. The residents of the new Nickelsville pitched 155 neon pink tents in a field off West Marginal Way. The residents of Nickelsville hope the encampment can become a permanent location for their tent town, while Mayor Nickels says that like any illegal encampment in the city, Nickelsville faces ousting by police in 72 hours. It would seem Mayor Nickels is trying especially hard to live up to the honor of the shantytown being named after him. While he's eager to get rid of homeless encampments with the explanation that it's not proper housing, he doesn't seem to have any bright ideas or funding for finding an answer that helps Seattle's homeless population now rather than the far-off future. It's raining now, Greg.