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NOVEMBER 24, 2021
VOL. 102, NO. 47
Combining art with fashion
Uptown store owner designs line of frames
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
Although Zac Cooper, owner of Coopers Optique, a designer eyewear boutique in Uptown, has worked with glasses for a number of years, he only recently decided to take his business to the next level. In addition to running his eyewear business, which specializes in high-end glasses frames, Cooper said he is also an artist, and one day, when downsizing his art collection, he was inspired to create his own designer frames that incorporated his art work. “I’m a crafty person,” Cooper said, adding that combining his love for art with eyewear sounded like a fun challenge and the next step in his business. After some sketching and seeing which artwork was suitable for the glasses frames he had in mind, Boldazza Eyewear was launched. “I think I’ve always in the back of my mind wanted to do this when I opened my store,” Cooper said. “It’s fun. I’m excited for this.” Cooper designed the frames himself, taking into account
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Photo by Jessica Keller Zac Cooper, owner of Coopers Optique in Uptown, stands in front of a piece of his own artwork he has hanging in his optical store while holding models for eye glasses he designed himself based on his artwork. eyewear styles currently on trend in Europe, knowing they will soon become popular in America.
After working with a graphic designer, the final drawings were sent to a company that makes
glasses frames in Europe, and had
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Group receives grant for safety improvement at intersection near QA elementary school By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
Photo by Michael Craft This photo shows what a driver sees when approaching the intersection of West McGraw and Seventh Avenue West heading eastbound.
Pedestrians and parents concerned for their or their children’s safety crossing a busy intersection on Queen Anne can breathe a little bit easier. The Department of Neighborhoods announced recently it had awarded the Coe Kids Crossing Community Group a matching funds grant for $49,000. When combined with community funds raised, the Seattle Department of Transportation will make crosswalk safety improvements at Seventh Avenue West and West McGraw Street. “We are extremely fortunate to have been chosen as one of the 21 grant recipients out of 44 submissions,” said Queen Anne Community Council President Paula
Mueller, who helped spearhead the effort. “This was due in no small part to the great work by all the volunteers who have worked to promote the project throughout the neighborhood, the local businesses who lent their support, the leadership, faculty, staff, parents at Coe Elementary School, and the other civic leaders and elected officials who endorsed the proposal and, most of all, the extraordinary generosity of our Queen Anne neighbors who have pledged so generously. This has been truly a community-wide effort!” Currently, the intersection has a painted crosswalk on the east side of Seventh Avenue West but no crossing aids that alert drivers of children or anyone else trying to cross there. Mueller said the com-
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