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Those ugly potholes on 14th Avenue

12/12/200712/12/2007 Geeky Swedes 2 Comments

I hit one of those potholes on 14th the other day and thought the transmission dropped out of my Saab. Well, not quite that bad, but it woke me up. […]

QFC to be demolished for eight-story building

12/12/200712/15/2007 Geeky Swedes 1 Comment

The now-closed QFC store on 24th Ave. will be demolished later this month, reports the Ballard News-Tribune. An eight-story apartment building called “Ballard on the Park” will be built in its place, along […]

Even the homeless here are techies

12/11/200712/15/2007 Geeky Swedes 11 Comments

Ballard sure is changing. We’re going from the lutefisk-eating, blond-braid-wearing Scandahoovians (as my grandma says) to “a bunch of wealthy people who work in the information industry,” jokes John Keister […]