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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
Space Needle, Columbia Center and Smith Tower All Have New Summer-Ready Views
Seattle’s best views have all been spruced up just in time for the sunny season
Seattle’s most iconic observation viewpoints have all received major makeovers in the last few years. And now, they’re all open just in time for the beautiful and sunny days (and the tourists). Here’s what’s new and improved at these emblematic buildings: Sky View ObservatoryThe most recent renovation reveal was Columbia Center’s Sky View Observatory. The…
Watch the Seattle Police Department’s #LipSyncChallenge Video
Local legends joined Police Chief Carmen Best and hundreds of SPD officers to lip sync to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Downtown."
After weeks of hype, the Seattle Police Department’s Lip Sync Challenge video is finally here. Watch it on the Seattle Police Department’s Facebook, or via KING5 below: Special guests who sang along to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Downtown” included Reggie Fils-Aime, Lenny Wilkins, Felix Hernandez, Walter Jones, Germain Ifedi, Harry the Husky, Seahawks mascot Blitz, and Mariners mascot…
Underneath Amazon’s Shadow, Local Retail Is Reinventing Itself in Seattle
Retailers throughout the city are getting creative in their fight for survival—and many are thriving
GETTING EXPERIENCE: The new SoDo Starbucks Reserve store is tapping into a consumer demand for experiences, sometimes called “retail-tainment”
A New Graphic Novel Will Be Set at the Shuttered Georgetown Steam Plant
The National History Landmark will soon be in the spotlight
This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. In recent years, the Georgetown Steam Plant (6605 13th Ave. S), built in 1906 and used to power Seattle intermittently over the years, hasn’t seen much action. (It was last used by its owner, Seattle City Light, in 1973.) But the shuttered plant, a…
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