| Nov ’09 |
| 12 |
OMG! On Thursday, Nov. 12th, some cast members from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” will be appearing at Tukwila’s Westfield Southcenter Mall!
And get this kids – not only can you meet and listen to “some” of the cast members, but there will also be a live performance from one of the bands on the soundtrack. Any guesses as to which one? Perhaps one from this area?
OMFG!!!
To get in though, you’re going to have to spend $75 at Nordstrom this Saturday, Oct. 31st beginning at 8am; this will entitle you to a “VIP pass” (just 75 are available on a first-come, first-serve basis).
Also, don’t expect the big stars to be there, since they’ll apparently be otherwise occupied.
WTF??? BUT OMFG!!!
Nordstrom is currently selling a special line of clothing based entirely on The Twilight Saga, so ‘rents, it’s time get the plastic out for the kids. Once the $75 is spent, your TwiFan will be given access to return to Southcenter on Nov. 12th to meet the cast and participate in the event.
According to Entertainment Tonight:
Fans can acquire limited-amount V.I.P. credentials on a first come, first-served basis at 8 a.m. this Saturday, October 31 at Hot Topic and select Nordstrom stores, given to those who make qualified purchases. They will be given access to return and meet select cast members at that same mall on the assigned scheduled date and time.
V.I.P. credentials are non-transferable.
| May ’09 |
| 9 |
| 9:00 am |
Tukwila’s annual Backyard Wildlife Festival is a free all-day event on Saturday, May 9th, to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife – such as birds, butterflies, and other wildlife – into their backyards, gardens and communities.
Appropriately, coming up on Mother (Earth)’s Day weekend, and it’s a free, all-day event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife – such as birds, butterflies, and other wildlife – into their backyards, gardens and communities.
Here are the details:
WHAT: 9th Annual Backyard Wildlife Festival
WHEN: Saturday, May 9th, from 9am to 3pm; Craft Vendors, Education, Workshops: 9am – 3pm; Certified Wildlife Garden Tour: 1pm – 5pm
WHERE: Tukwila Community Center, locted at 12424 42nd Ave. South in Tukwila (map below)
INFO: The event will host a variety of activities and educational opportunities on how to attract and support wildlife through garden and landscape practices, and creating and preserving wildlife habitat in our region.
- Keynote Speaker Chris Heeter – Join wilderness guide, speaker, and poet Chris Heeter speak about how to reconnect with the natural world, right outside our windows. (11am and 2pm)
- The Parrot Lady – Catch a peek at some live Parrots!
- Guided Birding Walk on the Duwamish River by Carol Schulz of the Rainier Audubon Society (9:45am)
- Procession of the Species Costume Parade – a procession of children of all ages dancing and marching in costumes that mimic their favorite northwest wildlife (Workshop and sign-ups 9am-11:30am, parade at noon)
- Native Plant Sales – Talk to the experts about what plants will thrive on your property, ask about drought-tolerant plants and have your questions answered while you purchase the plants that will make your property a wildlife-paradise. (9am – 3pm)
- Arts and Crafts Marketplace – Browse gardening and nature related product booths including plant sales, fresh produce, birdhouses and more. (9am – 2pm)
- Bird Show of North America – The musical group will be performing their trademark bird songs live while painting scenes of birds. (10:00am and 12:30pm)
- Garden Tour – Take a self-guided tour or the shuttle to certified wildlife habitat gardens in the area. (1–5pm)
- Recycled Art Show – A showcase of local art create by recycled materials. The Recycled Art Show even includes prizes for the best!
CONTACT: Event Hotline: Tukwila Community Center (206) 768-2822
More info at the Backyard Wildlife Festival website.
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| Mar ’09 |
| 14 |
| 10:30 am |
BTB Reader Theresa Frasch tells us that area unemployed can received a free “Franklin Planner” this coming Saturday, March 14th at the Franklin Covey Store at Southcenter Mall.
It appears that the only catch is that you have to physically go into the store and provide them with information about your last employer, thus giving them the chance to upsell you their other products.
But what do you expect for free?
Here are the details:
LOST YOUR JOB? GET A FREE FRANKLIN PLANNER FROM FRANKLIN COVEY
Unemployed Can Receive a Boost from Franklin Covey Product Stores Nationwide
WHO: Individuals who recently lost their jobs are invited to visit a FranklinCovey Products store nationwide this coming Saturday to receive a free 2009 Franklin Planner.
WHAT: FranklinCovey Products is giving those who have recently lost their job a leg up during these recessionary times. Individuals recently unemployed can receive one 2009 Franklin Planner for free by providing the names of their last employer and the date they were laid off.
WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:30 am – 9:00pm (In-store event only)
WHERE: Franklin Covey at SouthCenter Mall, located at 122 SouthCenter Mall in Tukwila; 206-431-0341
WHY: Getting organized for a job search can ultimately save much time and frustration. Having one place to track all information, contacts, appointments, job leads, and interview notes can make a job search less stressful and more productive. Planning and organization are an integral component of a job search. FranklinCovey products and tools can bring focus, direction, and a sense of purpose to an individual’s daily decisions and can help lesson the panic that surrounds a job loss.
INFO: For more information, please visit www.franklinplanner.com
Barry L. Saunders was arrested Wed. afternoon in Portland.
The Seattle P-I reports that Barry L. Saunders, the suspect in last Saturday’s deadly shooting at Southcenter Mall, was captured and arrested Wed. afternoon (Nov. 26th), apparently in Portland, Oregon.
Police say that Saunders is the gunman who shot 16-year-old Daiquan L. Jones to death on the first floor of the remodeled shopping center.
Jermaine D. McGowan, 16, was also shot. At last report, he was still in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center.
Full story is here.
Barry L. Saunders, 21, is wanted in connection with the deadly Southcenter shooting Nov. 22nd.
According to KOMO News, the public is being asked to help find the suspect in last weekend’s fatal shooting at Tukwila’s Southcenter Mall.
Mike Murphy of the Tukwila Police said an arrest warrant has been issued for Barry L. Sanders, 21, for the fatal shooting of a teenager as well as the wounding of another on Saturday Nov. 22nd.
Police say that Saunders may still be armed, and anyone who sees, knows him or knows where he is should call 911 immediately.
Tips may also be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
As you’ve probably heard by now, a shooting inside Tukwila’s Westfield Southcenter Mall on Saturday Nov. 22nd left one young man dead and another seriously injured, the gunman still at large, and the mall locked down for a while before being evacuated.
Police are still searching for the suspect.
We’ve managed to gather several videos related to the shooting:
KOMO News:
KIRO-TV:
KING-TV:
CELL PHONE VIDEO NEAR VICTIM:
TWO YOUNG WOMEN STUCK IN PARKING GARAGE TRAFFIC:
KID’S YOUTUBE COMMENTARY VIDEO:
A shooting inside Tukwila’s Westfield Southcenter Mall Saturday afternoon left one man dead and another seriously injured, the gunman still at large, and the mall locked down for a while before being evacuated.
We know you don’t read the B-Town Blog for this kind of news, but we had to post it anyways since Burien is less than five miles away.
Here are two videos related to the incident – the first taken on a cell phone by someone who walked up to and near the victim, and the second from two young women stuck in traffic trying to get to the mall:
For full coverage of this terrible incident, we recommend reading:
| Nov ’08 |
| 2 |
| 3:00 pm |
Former Soundgarden frontman and legendary grunge/rock singer Chris Cornell will be making a rare, FREE in-store performance with Timbaland at a Southcenter phone store in Tukwila on Sunday, Nov. 2nd.
WHEN: Nov 2, 2008, 3pm
WHERE: Verizon Wireless Store, located at 17100 Southcenter Parkway in Tukwila (map below); (206) 575-6242
We spoke with a rep at the Verizon store and she said that Cornell and Timbaland will be doing both an in-store meet and greet/autograph session as well as a live performance in the parking lot.
She suggested arriving early (around 2pm), as it’s a first-come/first-served event and they’re expecting a big crowd.
Cornell and Timbaland will be performing later Nov. 2nd at Showbox SODO.
We think this appearance will most likely look and sound something like this:
Or this:
The traffic webcam view above is of the scene where, around 7:10am this morning, a fatal crash and fire blocked all southbound lanes of I-405 in Tukwila near Southcenter causing a major four-mile traffic jam.
The DOT reports that all lanes have been re-opened, but we suggest that you refresh this page to see the latest webcam view.
| Jul ’08 |
| 25 |
| 1:00 pm |
James Park, Dan Tamburelli and Janel Stoneback of Burien’s Emerald City Smoothie are opening their second store this Friday, at the remodeled Southcenter in Tukwila.
From Janel’s press release:
Please come join us this Friday for the grand opening of Emerald City Smoothie Westfield Southcenter.
James Park, Dan Tamburelli and myself have worked very hard and it has paid off.
The new store is near completion and opens on FRIDAY JULY 25TH, 2008 to the public.
The store is beautiful and in a primo location thanks to Tim Webers hard work.
We are in the brand new entrance, the only store as you walk in on the right side.
When you look down from the third floor you can see our store shine.
The mall itself has imported beautiful marble and tile, with lots of gorgeous artwork built into the design of the building.
Come see us – we will be there all weekend and would love your support!
So get on down there, and if you see Janel, be sure to mention what a great job she did getting dunked at the Olde Burien Street Party:
This is a pretty cool flyover vid of Westfield Southcenter done using a radio/remote-controlled airplane, shot by Cascade Aerial Photography:
Come July 25th, shoppers and diners will be able to admire Mt. Rainier through a 90-foot glass facade while eating inside the $240 million remodeled Westfield Southcenter mall.
The addition brings the mall to 1.7 million square feet, making Tukwila the home of the largest indoor shopping center in Washington and Oregon, according to the Westfield Group, the company that bought the property in 2002.
The 400,000-square-foot upgrade is the most dramatic change to Southcenter since it opened in July 1968.
Among the mall’s new features will be an AMC Theatre with IMAX capabilities, 75 additional retail stores and five restaurants with outdoor seating:
- Joeys
- Duke’s Chowder House
- Blue C Sushi
- Racha Thai & Asian Bistro
- BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse
New retailers include:
- H&M
- Coach
- Banana Republic
- Sephora
- White House | Black Market
“Retail is what it’s all about,” said Larry Green, Westfield’s senior vice president of West Coast development, adding that Southcenter is “taking the level of fashion up another level.”
Other additions include parking garages, rooftop parking and family lounge play areas for kids and parents.
On Thursday, Westfield passed out hard hats and safety goggles to a group of reporters who toured the construction site, including the B-Town Blog’s own Mark Neuman, who said it was “very impressive.”
Construction crew members operated two cranes within the atrium. The air inside was dusty, the floor was mostly unfinished and unadorned signs hung where stores will be: Kay Jewelers, Hot Topic, Limited Too.
The mall’s new layout will resemble a racetrack, with three connecting walkways into the existing section. The addition sits in front of the older section, giving the building an entire new front.
Andrew Ciarrocchi, Westfield senior general manager, noted that more than 1,000 pilings driven 180 feet into the ground support the new shopping structure. The old section will be spruced up with better lighting, new storefronts and fresh paint.
The Westfield executives’ statements Thursday didn’t match what retailers seem to be feeling nationwide.
In a recent survey by American Express, for example, business owners in the retail industry had the most negative outlook on the economy, compared with other industries. Retail business owners cited a downturn in the housing market, rising energy and gas costs, and the U.S. tax system as the main causes for their woes, according to American Express OPEN’s Small Business Monitor, a semiannual survey of business owners. The nationwide survey was conducted in March.
Green said that Westfield is concerned about what is going on nationally, but that the Seattle region has a healthy level of demand for new retail.
But “we’d like to see gas prices drop,” he said.
Westfield Southcenter is one of several regional retail centers that are expanding. Other developers have said the Puget Sound retail market is not yet saturated.
Retailers were lining up to be a part of Southcenter, but the center didn’t have the space to accommodate them previously, Ciarrocchi said. The center wouldn’t have expanded if it wasn’t sure that it could lease the space, he added, when asked whether the economy has affected leasing.
Westfield’s new space is 100 percent leased, but all the new tenants have not yet been announced.
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UPDATE: It appears that the traffic mess has cleared, so you can come home now!
Just learned of the apparent aftermath of a major accident jamming up traffic on Northbound I-5 near Southcenter, so you might want to avoid that area if you’re reading this and thinking of commuting home towards Burien anytime soon.
The Seattle P-I reports: A messy collision on Interstate 5 near Westfield Southcenter Mall, involving 13 cars, a jackknifed semi-truck and injured people, is jamming traffic near the Interstate 405 exit.
The accident — actually a series of three collisions — was reported just after 3 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the freeway, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The HOV lane and two others are opened, and crews are working to open the other lanes, said patrol spokesman Curt Boyle.
Boyle said some people were taken to hospitals and one transported to Harborview Medical Center. Most appeared to have minor injuries, he said.
According to WA DOT:
* CLEARED 4:20 PM: I-5 NORTHBOUND AT SOUTHCENTER ACCIDENT BLOCKING RIGHT LANE VERIFIED WITH CAMERA 2:50 PM – TOW , FIRE DEPT , AID , AND INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM ON SCENE
Updated WA DOT webcams:
| Mar ’08 |
| 2 |
| 3:00 am |
We here at the B-Town Blog are as sick and tired of these ding-dang traffic construction nightmares as you are, so we’re passing along this critical, headache-avoidance advisory:
Avoid driving I-5 Southbound near Southcenter this weekend!
Crews will conduct a rolling slowdown on southbound I-5 near S. 178th Street at 3 a.m. this Sunday morning, March 2nd to install the replacement bridge girder.
S. 178th Street over I-5 has been narrowed back to one lane of alternating traffic using a smart signal that detects traffic back-ups and automatically adjusts signal timing to ease congestion.
S. 178th Street over I-5 will also be completely closed Saturday night from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. the following morning.
On Dec. 13, 2006 a truck struck the S. 178th street overpass. The impact damaged a girder underneath the structure. Bridge inspectors found the bridge safe for drivers but decided to restrict traffic to prevent more damage to the girder.
Crews must replace the girder to return traffic to normal on this highly traveled overpass between Tukwila and SeaTac.
Crews will replace the damaged girder under the S. 178th street overpass. The bridge deck will also be repaired.
Completing repairs will return the overpass to normal capacity for drivers traveling between SeaTac and Tukwila.
Replacing the girder will ensure that the overpass remains safe for drivers on S. 178th and on I-5 in the future.
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Found on Craigslist> south king > art & crafts:
Elegant special occasion dog dresses to fit small dog or cat.
These are unique dresses made from satin and lace for special occasions, parties, pictures, and more!
Email me at lorrainebridal@yahoo.com if you would like to set up appointment to try dresses on your dog!
Am located between SeaTac Airport and Southcenter Mall.
Dresses can be made for pets in xsmall to large size. Dresses attach with velcro around neck and tummy. Feel free to browse website or email with any questions you may have! Would be happy to make in custom colors!
See full line of dresses at www.81x.com/BridalSewing/SatinNLace website
Prices start at $9.95 per dress.
