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Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The Preservationists
Kji Kelly of Historic Seattle and Cynthia Brothers of Vanishing Seattle are holding their ground
Kji Kelly of Historic Seattle and Cynthia Brothers of Vanishing Seattle photographed outside iconic music venue The Showbox, currently under threat of redevelopment
An Imported Disease Is Threatening Seattle’s Local Bat Population
Researchers are racing to learn more about our only flying mammals before they disappear
A brown bat like this one was found dead in 2017, infected with a fungus that has decimated bat populations on the East Coast. Protecting the species helps control insect populations; these bats consume up to twice their body weight in one evening. Photo by Igor Cheri This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click…
How Backyard Cottages Could Help Seattle’s Homeless Problem
Through the Block Project, one Seattle Family is opening its heart -- and its backyard- to a homeless man
Once homeless, Bobby Desjarlais, right, now lives in a small home built in the backyard of Dan Tenenbaum and Kim Sherman’s Beacon Hill property
Seattle Artists and Tacoma’s Homegrown Creatives are Growing a Buzzworthy South Sound Arts Scene
The DIY spirit of Seattle’s scrappy little sister—along with its affordability—is creating a notable art scene populated, in part, by displaced Seattle artists
SIGNS POINT TO YES: As part of the city’s public mural project, Tacoma artist Mindy Barker created this astrally affirmational mural near the Hilltop neighborhood
Inye Wokoma’s Last Stand: One Man’s Fight To Save Seattle’s Central District
His family once owned almost a dozen homes in the rapidly gentrifying Central District. Now, Inye Wokoma is trying to hang on to just one as his family scatters throughout the region and he sees the neighborhood he knew disappearing
Inye Wokoma stands in front of his home at 913-915 24th Ave. The duplex was originally purchased by his grandfather, Franklin Green, and was the first of 11 homes once owned by members of his extended family in the Central District.
Meet the Seattle Top Doctor Performing Spinal Surgery with Shorter Hospital Stays and Quicker Recoveries
Northwest Neurosurgery spinal surgeon Stephen Houston is taking the delicate art of spinal surgery to the next level
Neurosurgeons perform very delicate surgeries, says Dr. Stephen Houston, but often these require only short hospital stays and result in quick recoveries
Q&A: Top Doctor Carrie Horwitch on Being an HIV Care Specialist and Why America Needs Universal Health Care
Horwitch is an internal medicine specialist at Virginia Mason who sees patients throughout their lifetime
As an internal medicine specialist, Dr. Carrie Horwitch sees patients throughout their lifetime
Seattle Scientists Have Invented Glasses That Might Stop Surging Cases of Nearsightedness in Children
Seattle scientists have invented glasses that may stop surging cases of myopia
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue, as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. Some people swear by the paleo diet, but it’s the paleo lifestyle, with ample time spent outdoors, that may have prevented nearsightedness in paleolithic children. Our modern lifestyle, on the other hand, whereby kids spend more of…
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