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Seattle’s Condo Comeback
For the first time in more than a decade, improved selection of “for sale” condominiums and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the housing market.
Sponsored by Realogics Inc. Savvy homebuyers encouraged by improved selection and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the market and developers and brokers are sprinting to catch up. On September 12th Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) sponsored a new condominium showcase at the Fairmont Hotel during the BISNOW Multifamily Annual Conference….
This Week Then: Celebrating the History of Pike Place Market
Plus: See which Washington cities are celebrating birthdays this week
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Going to Market This week HistoryLink celebrates Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the focus of this year’s HistoryLunch fundraiser. More than a century ago, on August 17, 1907, the market opened after local farmers and shoppers rebelled against “commission men” — distributors who underpaid growers and…
Inside Look: How the YMCA’s Host Homes Program Is Helping Young People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness
Since being matched with a homeowner, one young Seattle woman has found a job and is pursuing a college degree
Seattle homeowners with extra space in their residence are welcoming young people looking to get back on their feet into their homes for six months or more
An Imported Disease Is Threatening Seattle’s Local Bat Population
Researchers are racing to learn more about our only flying mammals before they disappear
A brown bat like this one was found dead in 2017, infected with a fungus that has decimated bat populations on the East Coast. Protecting the species helps control insect populations; these bats consume up to twice their body weight in one evening. Photo by Igor Cheri This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click…
This Week Then: Back to School in Washington State
Plus: The first newspaper in state history was published this week in 1852
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Back to School This week HistoryLink.org kicks off the new school year with a reminder to students and educators to check out our HistoryLink in the Classroom page, filled with a variety of tips on how to use HistoryLink, with textbook supplements, resources for tribal history, field-trip…
This Week Then: 50 Years Ago, 20,000 Hippies Converged in Washington for the Sky River Rock Festival
The event featured Santana, Grateful Dead and many more 60s legends. Plus: The time Elvis Presley performed where Bumbershoot will be held this weekend and more from this week in our state's history
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Sky River Rock Fifty years ago this week, on August 30, 1968, hordes of hippies descended on Sultan near the Skykomish River for the Sky River Rock Festival, one of America’s first multi-day, outdoor rock concerts. Over the next three days, approximately 20,000 fun-loving freaks frolicked…
How Backyard Cottages Could Help Seattle’s Homeless Problem
Through the Block Project, one Seattle Family is opening its heart -- and its backyard- to a homeless man
Once homeless, Bobby Desjarlais, right, now lives in a small home built in the backyard of Dan Tenenbaum and Kim Sherman’s Beacon Hill property
Meet the Former Amazon Employee Who Left Her Job to Write About Her Journey to Sobriety
In her new book, former Amazon employee Kristi Coulter examines life without alcohol
Kristi Coulter left her job at Amazon to write full time. Now, her workplace is often Ravenna’s Third Place Books where she spends time writing
King County and Seattle Public Library Systems Have a Netflix-Style Online Streaming Service (And It’s Free!)
New offerings from two local library systems go beyond books
This article appears in print in the August 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. The King County Library System is taking its encyclopedic book knowledge to the airwaves with King County Reads, its new TV program (King County TV Channel 22/322/722; streams at kcls.org). Hosted by University Book Store public relations guru Terry Tazioli (a former Seattle Times editor and…
Did the Seattle Area’s Regional Task Force on Homelessness Accomplish Anything?
The eight-month task force charged with addressing the region's homelessness crisis ended quietly last week. Here are three key takeaways
Left to right: Seattle councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda, Rob Johnson and Sally Bagshaw, and task force co-chairs Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus
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