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Amazon Backlash, Warhol’s Design Approved for Tacoma Dome & More

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By Seattle Mag February 11, 2015

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Legendary artist Andy Warhol submitted a giant flower design back in 1982 as part of a contest to adorn the top of the Tacoma Dome. He lost the contest, but now more than 30 years later, the Tacoma City Council has approved the use of his art atop the structure. According to King 5, this approval doesn’t necessarily mean that Warhol’s masterpiece will be on display, as “$5 million in private dollars must be raised first. Supporters are clear no taxpayer funds can be used for the project.”

‘Amazon go home.’ An Amazon employee read those three words scrawled on a note stuffed under his car’s windshield wiper. His vehicle (it had an Amazon bumper sticker) was also vandalized while parked outside of his Capitol Hill apartment. The tech giant employee believes he was targeted because he works at Amazon and that it’s all part of a backlash to the increase in highly paid, highly skilled tech workers as the online retailer continues to expand.

Microsoft’s new leader Satya Nadella is doing a bang-up job in his first year. Business Insider recently polled employees and found that the new direction to end the company’s “Windows-first” culture has positively affected its business and earned Nadella an approval rating of 74 percent.

An early warning system for earthquakes could soon be a reality for Western Washington. Several local companies including Boeing and Alaska Airlines are testing a prototype system developed by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and the University of Washington that could provide up to a 30-second warning prior to a quake.

Italian chain restaurant Buca di Beppo will say goodbye to its South Lake Union location on Ninth Avenue N after real estate developers snapped up the property and plan to erect an office building in its place. Construction is set to begin in a year. There is no word on whether the displaced spaghetti joint will reopen elsewhere downtown, but you can trek up to its Lynnwood location if you’re craving a heaping plate of pasta.

 

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