Real estate company plans to revitalize iconic Seattle building Seattle-based real estate development firm Revolve announced plans to renovate the Seven Seas building along 1st Avenue, site of the former Lusty Lady strip club, which shuttered in 2010. The building has has sat vacant since then. The 24,000-square-foot, six-story structure is slated to become a…

Emerald City Express: Cyclists are pushing for bike lanes along 5th Avenue, says King 5 News. The plan would create a protected bike route (AKA the “Emerald Mile”) between Denny and Olive, a segment already divided by the Monorail. Opponents of the Emerald Mile worry that the route would take away from already-limited parking spots…

Holiday travelers put the Washington State Department of Transportation’s online summer ferry reservation system to the test this weekend. The system, which serves parts of the San Juan Islands, has experienced problems in the past (it failed on its first day back in April), but this time around it went off without a hitch. King…

Ski to Sea There’s not enough snow on Mount Baker for this year’s annual Ski to Sea Race. The race in Bellingham traditionally starts with contestants skiing or snowboarding down the mountain, and ending at Bellingham Bay. This year, they’re doing two mountain bike legs instead to compensate for the lack of snow. According to…

On the heels of yesterday’s news that for the third month in a row, Seattle sits as the 10th most expensive city in the U.S. for renters–joining the ranks with San Francisco, New York and Boston–King 5 News reports that tenants’ rights groups have seen a “10 percent increase in people reporting rent increases.” These…

The rent is really, really (like seriously) too damn high. Seattle is listed at number 10 on Zumper’s National Rent Report, joining the likes of San Francisco, Boston and New York for U.S. cities with the highest rent. Curbed Seattle reports that this is the third consecutive month Seattle has been at number 10, despite…

National Bike to Work Day While today is National Bike to Work Day, The Seattle Times reports that our city is “no longer among the ten most bikeable big cities in the nation.” We have fallen to number 13 from number seven. The Times notes that bike score is measured by how safe a location…

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: Pronto Cycle Share announced Monday that self-serve helmet bins will become a permanent part of its bike-sharing system. Previously, the helmet bins operated on the honor system; riders will now have to enter a code to receive a helmet. Annual Pronto users will be able to access helmets…

Brady Olson, the North Thurston High School teacher who tackled a student gunman last week, will throw out the first pitch at the Mariner’s game tonight. MyNorthwest.com reports, “the 16-year old shooter is believed to have been trying to commit suicide by cop when Olson saved his life by tackling him, as well as the…

Did you score any free coffee from Starbucks on Friday? A tech glitch that happened around 4 p.m. on Friday caused the coffee chain’s point-of-sale computer systems to shut down registers at stores in the U.S. and Canada, The Puget Sound Business Journal reports. Baristas were handing out gratis coffee drinks until stores closed. Stores…

Need for speed: You won’t be driving 75 miles per hour on any state highways any time soon. King 5 News reports that Governor Jay Inslee “partially vetoed” House Bill 2181 yesterday, which would “have raised the speed limit on certain stretches of the state’s highways to 70 or 75 miles per hour.” The portion…