Transportation priorities and concerns to be shared

Puget Sound residents are invited to share ideas on transportation priorities and concerns. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) will hold meetings to discuss the region's long-range transportation plan, "Destination 2030." Representatives will be available at noon Thursday, at PSRC, 1011 Western Ave. in Seattle. The state Department of Transportation staff for the 520 bridge-replacement and HOV project and for the Alaskan Way Viaduct and seawall-replacement project will attend. Another meeting is scheduled at 4 p.m. next Tuesday at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. Representatives of the Interstate 405 and the 520 bridge-replacement and HOV projects will attend.

For more information see www.psrc.org.

Civic calendar

Safety forum

Today: A community forum in response to the New Year's Eve stabbing will include representatives from the Seattle Police Department, the East Precinct Crime Prevention Coalition, Group Health and the Seattle Neighborhood Group. The forum begins at 6 p.m. at Group Health Capitol Hill, South Building Atrium on level A. Free parking will be available underground in the Group Health parking garage on Denny Way between 15th and 16th avenues.

Fremont Bridge

Overnight tonight and Wednesday night: The Fremont Bridge will be closed to vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists so that work may continue on the replacement of mechanical and electrical systems on the south part of the bridge. The closures are from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. During the closures, pedestrians and bicyclists can take a shuttle van from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. that runs between the north and south sides of the bridge, using an alternative route. Shuttles will run about every 20 to 30 minutes.

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Jan. 8, 1916: In downtown Seattle, the Coliseum Theater, advertised as "the world's largest and finest photoplay [film] palace," opened to a capacity crowd. The theater, at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, was designed by renowned local theater architect B. Marcus Priteca. It showed first-rate films for nearly 75 years before closing in 1990. The old building, with its terra-cotta facade, was threatened with demolition for development, but downtown revitalization efforts saved it, and it reopened in 1994 as the Banana Republic store. A portion of the venue's old balcony remains tucked away in the upper recesses of the building.

Source: Historylink.org