Tag Archives: Columbia City

Outside Empire

Posted on September 23, 2023 by redharparts

Urban Sketchers Seattle met in the Columbia City neighborhood. It’s an historic district becoming gentrified. I’ve sketched there many times so I was looking for something different. I think it might have been on the local TV show Evening that … Continue reading →

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City Light

Posted on May 8, 2023 by redharparts

Columbia City Substation, c. 1942 I saw this on buildings_of_seattle Instagram account. put it on my list to sketch as it’s not as far as the Magnolia substation, also of the same design. “It was designed by Ivan Michael Palmaw … Continue reading →

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Culture clash

Posted on June 9, 2021 by redharparts

I’ve sketched at Columbia City Station (light rail line) before but I was further north along the station. There is more than one art installation there. Today was another beautiful day and I resolved to sketch the lions. This installation … Continue reading →

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Shared tent

Posted on June 4, 2021 by redharparts

Yesterday I drove to the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle to check out something I saw in the newspaper. I picked up coffee and a pastry to sit in the shared dining tent. It’s a solution to bring take out … Continue reading →

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Pink in Columbia City

Posted on April 19, 2021 by redharparts

After an early errand to my Post Office Box, I set out to do some more car sketching. I revisited the Covid-19 testing site in the parking lot of Southcenter mall. There were several people in line. Then I went … Continue reading →

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LF Pantry

Posted on April 12, 2021 by redharparts

It’s going into be a good week for sketching! I was out early to Columbia City and found this Little Free Pantry. It seems in the hard times brought on by the pandemic, Little Free Libraries have been converted. I … Continue reading →

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Columbia City

Posted on August 3, 2019 by redharparts

Urban Sketchers Seattle met yesterday in the historic district of Columbia City. There were many good sketching subjects within the main street and a block either side. We had a sketcher join us from Taiwan as he was visiting his … Continue reading →

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Bikes

Posted on March 26, 2019 by redharparts

It was again a spring day, after rain yesterday.  The sun was so bright when I sat down to sketch that I needed my hat. After an errand, I stopped in Columbia City to sketch Bike Works.  I noticed it … Continue reading →

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Two Celebrations

Posted on July 20, 2018 by redharparts

The Urban Sketchers 9th International Symposium is happening right now in Porto, Portugal. Several of the sketchers from USk Seattle are there. For those of us who aren’t, Michele and I threw a “Porto Pity Party” at our sketch outing … Continue reading →

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Distracted by sun and sketching

Posted on November 8, 2016 by redharparts

The beautiful, summer-like day offered distraction from election day.  I sketched the art at three light rail stations:  Rainier Beach, Othello, Columbia City.  And hardly thought about the election and definitely resisted checking news. This is an on-going series project … Continue reading →

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