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The Seattle City Council Primary Election Is Heating Up: Part 2
The Seattle City Council race is different this year. Here’s why and who’s running—so far
We’re back with the second installment of our Seattle City Council primary election series. Here’s a quick look at who’s running in Districts 3, 4 and 5. Check back Friday for the final update on who’s running in the remaining districts. Missed part one? Read it here. District 3 (Capitol Hill, Central District, Montlake, South…
The Seattle City Council Primary Election Is Heating Up: Part 1
The Seattle City Council race is different this year. Here’s why and who’s running—so far
Six years ago, Seattle voters decided they wanted to elect seven of their nine city council members by geographical district, leading to the city’s first district elections in 2015 in almost 100 years. It was a dramatic change in the way Seattle voters choose their representatives. Switching to districts, supporters argued, meant that candidates would…
This Week Then: Remembering Civil Rights Leader Edwin Pratt
Plus: Looking back on the region's most powerful earthquake
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. A Life Cut Short Fifty years ago this week, on January 26, 1969, civil rights leader and Seattle Urban League Executive Director Edwin Pratt was killed by a shotgun blast outside his home in Shoreline. The assassin was never found. Pratt’s funeral at St. Mark’s…
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Seattle Streetcar Line
The streetcar still faces a number of hurdles, including the need for funding at the city and state levels
Last week, defying early expectations that she would abandon the planned downtown Seattle streetcar after pausing construction nearly a year ago, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that she would ask the city council to proceed with the project. The caveat? The council will need to come up with additional $65 million to help the Seattle Department…
Viadoom Update: Highway 99 Is Closed and the Panic Has Mostly Subsided
The traffic forecast is partly cloudy for our commuter staff
One week into the Seattle Squeeze and we’ve returned to address the transportation woes of our staff. With daily media press conferences (including one directly under the viaduct with cars driving overhead), the public response has been just as frenzied as expected. But at least for now, it appears that you can breathe a sigh…
This Week Then: Celebrating 20 Years of HistoryLink
HistoryLink.org debuted on January 15, 1999, at the Seattle Center's annual Martin Luther King Day celebration
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Looking Back at Our Past This week HistoryLink celebrates our 20th anniversary with a look at our own history of the online encyclopedia of Washington history. This website debuted on January 15, 1999, at the Seattle Center’s annual Martin Luther King Day celebration, where curious passersby marveled at this new online…
Yes, We’re Freaking Out About the Viaduct Closing Too
Our staff looks into the crystal ball and makes predictions on how the Viadoom will affect us all
Unless you’ve had your noise-cancelling headphones on these past months, you’ve probably heard about this little thing that’s about to happen: the Alaskan Way Viaduct closing. Local media outlets have been in countdown mode, taken videos of last drives on the thing, offered tips for how to deal with the closure and have just generally been preparing all of us for the inevitable traffic mess. The…
This Week Then: Saying Goodbye to the Viaduct
Plus: Port Townsend turns 159
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Farewell, Viaduct This week, a new chapter of Seattle history begins when the Alaskan Way Viaduct closes permanently, three weeks ahead of the planned opening of its replacement, the SR-99 tunnel. This is the longest major highway closure the Puget Sound region has ever seen…
Do Locals Really Love the Rain?
PEMCO survey shows that only 45 percent of Western Washingtonians like our drizzle and gloom
The Seattle Times ran a story recently about how people in the Pacific Northwest loved the winter weather and eschewed umbrellas. “Locals love (or at least like) Seattle’s rainy, gloomy weather survey shows,” the headline read. The poll, by PEMCO, the insurance company that likes to make connections with the quirky Northwest, was actually done…
What Would You Tell NYC About Amazon?
Two Seattle City Councilmembers have their say
As New York City braces itself against the potential “Seattleization” of Long Island City, Queens, where Amazon recently announced it will build one of two satellite “HQ2”s, two Seattle City councilmembers arrived in New York City Monday morning with a dual message: It’s going to be every bit as bad as you imagined. And: There’s…
Seattle, It’s Time to Talk About Death
There are many things we want to talk about with family and friends; death isn’t usually one of them. But from Death Salons to Death Cafes and dinners, there are plenty of signs in Seattle that this is changing
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. There are a couple of ways to kill a dinner conversation. First, discussion of politics, a truism that is magnified in our divisive modern age. Second, religion, although this doesn’t often come up on this side of the Cascades. Finally, death, though most people…
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