November 2019
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Outgoing CEO and President of the Bullitt Foundation, Denis Hayes
Twenty-seven years after becoming a leader at the Bullitt Foundation, environmental activist Denis Hayes is stepping down
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. It only seemed natural for Denis Hayes, organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970, to take on a leadership role at the Bullitt Foundation 27 years ago. Under his direction, the environmental philanthropic nonprofit…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Southern Resident Orca Task Force
The task force includes local scientists, government officials and leaders of indigenous communities
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. The Pacific Northwest was swept with grief when Southern Resident orca Tahlequah carried her dead calf for 17 days last summer. The death of Tahlequah’s calf wasn’t the first or the last loss to the…
Backstory: How a 1950s Seattle Ice Cream Shop Became a Boat-shaped Pho Institution
Seattle's love affair with pho started at this iconic spot
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The landmark. Pho Bac RestaurantThe location. Chinatown–International District, 1314 S Jackson St. The backstory. At the corner of what is perhaps Little Saigon’s busiest intersection, a boat-shaped building and yellow faux palm tree mark the birthplace of Seattle’s love affair with pho. But before…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz
Franz secured $50 million from the legislature this year to fund fire prevention efforts
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. After smoke loomed on seattle’s horizon for the two summers prior to this one, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is making her Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a more visible force. Elected in 2016,…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: TransFamilies Executive Director, Aidan Key
The founder of the organization Gender Diversity begins a new project with TransFamilies
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. It’s been 12 years since Aidan Key founded Gender Diversity, an organization dedicated to creating supportive, inclusive environments, both physical and emotional, for transgender and gender-nonconforming children. Key is a powerful public speaker, not with…
AIA Home of Distinction: Central District Triplex Provides a Blank Canvas for Bold Design Strokes Inside and Out
'We wanted to create a model for urban living, where we have potentially six homes: three townhomes and then the three Airbnb or mother-in-law units'
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: Architects and partners Steven Lazen and Kailin Gregga live in one unit of the Central District triplex nicknamed Big Mouth House; Lazen loves to cook, so he opted for a big kitchen featuring this island with a six-burner stovetop
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith
This year, Smith pledged $500 million to be spent on increasing affordable housing in Seattle
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Microsoft’s recent renaissance is nothing new; the local tech giant has seen substantial revenue growth since Satya Nadella took over in 2014. (Nadella made our Most Influential list that same year.) This year, Microsoft president…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Social Justice Fund Interim Program Director, Karen Toering
Toering's black-led Giving Project has raised more than $370,000 from 240 donors to boost black-led organizations
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. As interim program director of the Social Justice Fund, Karen Toering has directed her many talents—as a grassroots organizer, cultural worker, and nonprofit arts and social justice consultant—into the black-led Giving Project. The project, the…
Book Excerpt: Demystifying Mussels with ‘The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook’
In her first cookbook, Seattle magazine contributor Naomi Tomky proffers a complete guide to preparing—and understanding—the region’s bounty of fresh seafood
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Local food and travel writer Naomi Tomky’s work has been published in dozens of national magazines, but The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook (November 5, The Countryman Press, $27.95) is her first foray into cookbook writing. In her signature relatable style, Tomky outlines everything there…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Homelessness and Housing Advocates, Colleen Echohawk, Matt Hutchins, Nicole Macri and Paul Lambros
These four locals are helping change the intertwined homelessness and housing crisis in Seattle
From left: Colleen Echohawk, Nicole Macri, Matt Hutchins and Paul Lambros
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