This week in CHS history | Pike/Pine gun violence, Taurus Ox moves, Bait Shop gets new owners

Posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 11:40 am

CHS Staff (via Capitol Hill Seattle)

Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:

2025

A year of concerns and plans over Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine gun violence

Medgar Evers Pool — the public swimming pool serving the Central District and Capitol Hill — set for 8-week, $1.4M overhaul

13 things CHS heard at the Capitol Hill Community Council/First Hill Improvement Association Mayoral Debate: Broadway Crisis Care Center, Pike/Pine gun violence, and electric scooters

TOASTED, ‘Seattle’s premier halal bagel cafe,’ is coming to Capitol Hill

2024

Woman shot and killed on 11th Ave amid Pike/Pine nightlife crowds

Another night of shooting following Saturday’s murder sends two to hospital from 11th Ave — UPDATE: Memorial targeted

New Broadway Neighborhood Market joining mix of Capitol Hill convenience shops

Fleet Feet’s Capitol Hill closure brings 20 years of E Pine running retail to a finish

2023

Voodoo Doughnut making plans for new Capitol Hill shop — UPDATE

‘Feedback from neighbors’ halts work on massive Montlake sign bridges

Another cool old Community Roots Housing apartment building hits market but affordable developer says Capitol Hill sales are not a trend

Fix the L8! Campaign underway to sway City Hall to do more to ease the way for one of Seattle’s most notoriously late bus routes

2022

Business owner shot and killed at MLK and Union — UPDATE: Arrest

Somebody is throwing bags of poop in Kshama Sawant’s yard and SPD reportedly doesn’t give a shit — UPDATE

Taurus Ox off to busy start in new 19th Ave E home — Plus: New Glo’s, Seattle Restaurant Week 2022, Havana Sweets

Why CHOP ended in bloodshed: Report blames police lies, mayoral dysfunction, and ‘intentional manipulation of protestor fear’

2021

Safeway retail and housing development’s four-year plan: Two years of planning, two years of construction, and sorting out how best to fit in with 15th Ave E’s complicated relationship with Capitol Hill

With virtual reality gaming acquisition, Facebook joins Capitol Hill’s office space mix

Oliver and Nelson square off in Position 9 debate: ‘Public safety’ vs. ‘law and order,’ how a police abolitionist can keep the city safe, and ‘root causes’ vs. ‘rhetoric and the idealogical bent’

‘KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE’ — Another COVID-19 milestone, October 25th deadline will require proof of vaccination at bars, restaurants, more

2016

Derschang’s Bait Shop ready to set sail under familiar new owners

Einstein Bros. bagel chain’s exit puts a new commercial hole in Broadway

After encampment backlash, mayor rolls out ‘Interim Action Plan’ on Seattle homelessness

100 dumpsters pulled off Capitol Hill’s streets and sidewalks

2011

Pike’s underground Healthy Times Fun Club facing eviction

Thomas Street Market plans climb higher than convenience on Summit Ave

15th… 13th… 11th… Plans move forward for three multi-story projects in four E Pine blocks

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