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This Week Then: The Growth of Wenatchee
Plus: The anniversary of two Pacific Northwest theater openings
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Wenatchee Starts to Grow On January 7, 1893, Wenatchee, located in Chelan County at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers, incorporated as a fourth-class city. The area had seen human habitation since prehistoric times, but the first non-Indian settlers did not appear until…
Seattle’s Home Design Experts Help You See Your Space in a New Light
This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. When I was a kid, my parents always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up, but that simply wasn’t true. They were (and still are) awesome, encouraging parents, but I completely lack the skills to cut hair…
New Details on the Waterfront Seattle Project Tax Negotiations
Discussions move ahead on the LID, a special tax that will provide funding for the extensive waterfront remodel
A controversial one-time tax on commercial and residential property located near Seattle’s downtown waterfront, which the Seattle City Council was supposed to have approved before the end of this year, has been held up by protests from some of those property owners who say the proposed $200 million tax assessment, known as a Local Improvement…
ID Renovations Clash With Housing Affordability
In the Chinatown–International District, an old form of housing has fallen, taking a piece of history—and affordability—with it
UNDER DEVELOPMENT: Closed since the 1970s, the West Kong Yick building, a former single room occupancy hotel, is now being slowly renovated but it’s unlikely rents will be affordable for a low-income population
This Week Then: The Start of University of Washington’s Crew Team
Plus: How an aircraft carrier supplied electricity to the city of Tacoma for nearly a month
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Out for a Row On December 15, 1899, students at the University of Washington accepted an offer from developer and rowing aficionado E. F. Blaine to help establish a rowing club on campus. Within a year enough money was raised and support garnered to build two four-oared rowing…
In Memoriam
Remembering the Seattleites we lost in 2018
This article is part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. Paul Allen, 65, Microsoft co-founder, Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers owner, philanthropist and humanitarian. Joaquin Avila, 69, civil-rights and voter-law attorney. Barbara Bailey, 74, co-owner of Bailey/Coy Books. Patricia Barry, 71, founder of the Hi Spot Café and Community Voice Mail for…
Seattle’s Watergate Connections Are Stronger Than You Think
Knute Berger discusses Watergate, the Russia investigation and more with journalist Bob Woodward
I recently had the chance to interview Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward during an appearance in Seattle where he was promoting his book on the Donald Trump administration titled Fear, an insider’s look at the function—and dysfunction—of the Trump White House. Woodward became famous for the reporting he did with his partner, Carl Bernstein, on…
A Case for Electric Scooters in Seattle
Mayor Jenny Durkan says she considers electric scooters too dangerous for Seattle streets
Bike shares have found a welcome home in Seattle, but don’t expect to see another form of shared transportation– electric scooters–in Seattle any time soon. Mayor Jenny Durkan is on record saying she considers the zippy, candy-colored contraptions—which travel up to 15 miles an hour and are as ubiquitous in some US cities as bicycles…
This Week Then: How 5 Nuns Established Health Care in the PNW
Plus: Looking back on the Seattle Sounders' first MLS Cup
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Provident Souls On December 8, 1856, the Sisters of Providence arrived at Fort Vancouver, where they quickly established a boarding school, an orphanage, and St. Joseph’s Hospital. Their mission was to build and operate schools and hospitals throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 1878 they opened their first hospital in Seattle,…
Seattle Finally Gets Its NHL Team and a Revamped Arena
Knute Berger takes a look back on how KeyArena got to this point
Fifty-six years on, “Paul’s Paraboloid”—otherwise known as KeyArena and formerly known as the Coliseum—is going to be reborn as a shelter for the city’s own, brand-new National Hockey League hockey franchise. On Dec. 4, the NHL announced the approval of an expansion franchise in Seattle for the 2021-22 season, citing the city’s thriving market and…
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