New Coffeehouse on Beacon Hill

From hot tipper and my close neighbor Angela comes a report of a new coffeehouse on Beacon Hill, near the grody intersection of Beacon and Columbian Way. They even have a website:

http://grownfolkscoffeehouse.com/

Angela says:

I stopped by this place yesterday and met the owner. He seems like a great guy. ... I'm overjoyed!

Me too!

Letter to the P-I About Beacon Hill Misidentification

Looks like someone wrote in to complain about the P-I's misidentification of 14th and Ferdinand as "Rainier Valley":

If you check your map, you will find that the shooting reported on May 7 occurred near 14th and Ferdinand, clearly on Beacon Hill, nowhere near Rainier Valley. In case you're still geographically challenged, 14th Avenue is about 10 blocks west of Beacon Avenue, and much closer to the Duwamish Valley than Rainier Valley. While all our South End neighborhoods often get lumped together as "South Seattle," we would appreciate accuracy as to the specific neighborhood of these unfortunate events.

Tristin Pagenkopf
Seattle
(Hillman City)

Thanks, Tristin!

Murals: Georgetown -1, Beacon Hill +1

I wrote a few days ago about how it looks like the Georgetown Graffiti Wall is being painted over to make way for a Pabst advertisement.



Well, today a Beacon Hill resident e-mailed me to let me know that the Kusina Filipina people at Beacon and Hanford have commissioned a new mural. He posted photos of it on his remodel blog.

I drove by today and took a look at this work in progress. Pretty!

Corson Building Progress

Cute back patio.



New stairs.



Beautiful planters.



Here's another cool planter, outside Revival Home.



And some Great Stuff.

Remember the Georgetown Graffiti Mural?

Looks like it's being painted over.





To make way for an advertisement.

Hearse for Sale in Georgetown

Also, cat stalking crows.

Another Beacon Hill Shooting

The 38-year-old victim was sitting on his front porch late last night near 14th and Ferdinand -- a few blocks from McPherson's -- when two men in a silver Cadillac stopped, got out and shot at him. He was taken to Harborview, where his non-life-threatening shoulder wound was treated. Gang unit detectives are investigating.

You'll find this story (without many more details) in the Times under a "South Seattle" headline and in the P-I under "Rainier Valley."