Coleman Highlands: “Like a trip to a park”
Among Midtown’s historic neighborhoods, Coleman Highlands is maybe the most unique for what it lacks – anything other than houses. Since it was platted in 1907, Coleman has been exclusively a neighborhood of homes, tucked away from residential ...
SWAT teams do training exercise in Valentine
Residents of the Valentine and Coleman Highlands neighborhoods and folks at Penn Valley Community College have been reporting the sounds of explosions today around the area of 33 and Jefferson.
It turns out that the National Tactical Officers ...
Dance in the Park brings together neighborhoods this weekend
For fifteen years, Midtown neighborhoods have been promoting togetherness through Dance in the Park.
The event takes place in Roanoke Park each year, and brings together the Volker, Roanoke, Valentine, Coleman Highlands, and West Plaza neighborhoods. ...
Google responds to complaints about contractors
Photo from Fox4 report
In Coleman Highlands, along Broadway and in other areas, Google has been hearing complaints about the conduct of some contractors installing Google Fiber.
As Fox4 news reported yesterday, Coleman Highlands resident Meghan ...
Rockfest coming on Saturday, May 11
This map shows the boundaries of the cleanup area to be covered after Rockfest. The large music festival at Liberty Memorial is scheduled for Saturday, May 11.
It’s the biggest one-day music festival in the United States, drawing more ...
In NW area of Midtown, concerns about traffic speed and development
Planners say 43rd Street between Wyoming and Roanoke is the only section of the northeast section of Midtown that rates as congested. They asked residents for input into a new plan being developed to guide land use, urban design and transportation ...
Midtown neighborhoods will sparkle tonight
Photo courtesy Scott Burnett.
Tonight at sunset, neighbors in the Valentine, Roanoke and Coleman Highlands neighborhoods with be lighting festival holiday candles along their curbs.
The lighting of the luminerias is a tradition in these three ...
Volunteers make progress toward master vision in Roanoke Park
The Valentine Slope of the park, with steps leading down from Southwest Trafficway to the park, was planted with a mixture of shade-tolerant native grasses last weekend.
About four dozen volunteers from the nearby neighborhoods showed up Saturday ...
This Coleman Highlands home has had only three owners – now its available to #4
This historic home in Coleman Highlands has an unusual history – it’s only had three owners since it was built in 1910. Realtor Dan Martin says that’s extremely rare. Even more rare is the fact that Dan’s mother, Julie Koppen, grew up ...
Dance in the Park brings neighborhoods together
When Dance in the Park was created 14 years ago, the idea was to use local dance companies in the tranquil setting of Roanoke Park to bring together people from the neighborhoods surrounding the park. Since then, volunteers from the neighborhoods ...
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