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This Week Then: Rounding the Bases on Seattle’s Baseball History
Seattle's professional baseball roots go back to 1890
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Play Ball! Fifty years ago this week, on April 8, 1969, the Seattle Pilots took to the field in their first game and beat the California Angels in Anaheim, 4-3. Three days later, cheers rang out when they played their first home game, shutting out…
How to See Seattle From the Comfort of Your Car
Using the PayByPhone app, street parking becomes a breeze
Sponsored by PayByPhone Seattle offers some of the Pacific Northwest’s most acclaimed attractions, restaurants, and things to do. Whether you’re a local stopping by your favorite Ballard restaurant or a visitor taking in Seattle Center for the first time, now that the weather is warming up, it’s time to get out and experience what Seattle has to…
This Week Then: Looking Back on Tacoma’s Early Days
Plus: Seattle's annexation spree of 1907
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Tacoma’s Early Days April 1 marks two important dates in the early history of Tacoma. The first occurred on April 1, 1852, when Nicolas Delin began building a sawmill at the head of Commencement Bay. The bay had been named nearly 11 years earlier, just after Lt. Charles Wilkes “commenced” his survey of…
This Week Then: Celebrating the Women of Washington State
Plus: Looking back on Seattle's biggest sports accomplishments
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Women of Words This week HistoryLink celebrates Women’s History Month with a look at a few of Washington’s notable women authors, journalists, and poets. We begin with Ella Higginson, a Bellingham writer and Washington’s first poet laureate. Other Washington poets include Colleen J. McElroy, who…
Seattle’s Skinner Chimes Are Not What You Think
Those noon chimes? Here’s where they come from
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: The Skinner Chimes The Location: The Skinner Building, downtown, 1326 Fifth Ave. The Backstory: Each day at noon, Seattleites in the downtown area may hear chimes, yet the sound can’t be traced to any nearby church or cathedral. Listeners might be disappointed to…
Hundreds Gather to Demand Action on Climate Change at Seattle’s Youth Climate Strike
Overheard among the peaceful crowd: “The time is now everybody/There is no planet B/The oceans are rising and so are we”
Hundreds of supporters and student activists gathered on Wednesday morning in Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson park for a school walk out in support of The Green New Deal and environmental activism. The event was part of a worldwide movement started by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who has spent almost every Friday for the past year…
NEXUS Is Downtown Seattle’s New In-demand High-rise Development
Already 93-Percent Presold, 28 Remaining Homes in High-Tech, High-Rise Introduced to Market, Occupancy by Late 2019
Sponsored by Realogics NEXUS is downtown Seattle’s most successful high-rise presale development having already sold 361 of the 389 homes with first occupancy scheduled for late 2019—the soonest amongst all the city’s new construction condominiums. Robust presales prompted the retirement of the NEXUS Sales Center in June 2018 as the developer, Burrard Group, focused their…
This Week Then: Celebrating the People of Tacoma
Plus: St. Patrick's Day history, the first Daffodil Parade and more
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Tacoman Array This week HistoryLink features new articles related to some significant people in Tacoma’s past. These essays were made possible by a Heritage Project Grant from the City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission, and we are very thankful for their support. We begin with Puyallup…
This Week Then: Looking Back on King County’s First County Executive
Plus: Washingtonians get their first look at an aeroplane
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Home Rule Charter Fifty years ago this week, on March 11, 1969, King County voters elected John Spellman, a Republican, as their first county executive under the new Home Rule Charter that was approved four months earlier. Voters also chose seven new members for the…
From the Viaduct to Link Light Rail, Seattle Continues to Change
This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. As our city begins to undergo one of the most epic physical changes that’s likely to occur during most of our lifetimes—the teardown of the Viaduct and the development of a new waterfront downtown—it’s only fitting that our annual best neighborhoods issue focuses on a…
The Best Seattle Area Neighborhoods Near Light Rail
The Link light rail is growing, with extensions planned in Seattle and Eastside neighborhoods. Our handy guide shows you the best places to live close to current and future light rail stations
LINKED IN: A Link light rail train pulls into the station at Columbia City, a neighborhood that has been boosted by its arrival
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