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A New Seattle Program Will Set Aside Parking Spots Throughout the City for Electric Vehicle Charging
But could the curbside charging program be perceived as a class issue, primarily benefiting those who can afford to own electric cars?
Earlier this month, Mayor Jenny Durkan officially opened a 156-station charging facility for the city’s fleet of electric vehicles— “the first of its kind for an American city and one of one of the largest indoor electric vehicle charging stations in the country,” according to the press release. But the development that will have a more significant impact for ordinary…
Autopilot: Is Seattle Ready for Self-Driving Cars?
Kirkland is one of the few U.S. cities where self-driving cars are being tested. How else are state and local leaders preparing?
This article appears in print in the February 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Kirkland drivers may have noticed a Lexus RX suburban utility vehicle with a black rooftop dome traversing the local streets. While there’s been someone sitting in the driver’s seat, that driver’s hands probably haven’t been on the steering wheel. Kirkland is one of…
Seattle’s Romantic Stats this Valentine’s Day
When it comes to love and romance, how does our city compare?
This just in: Romance is dead in Seattle. According to Instacart, the grocery delivery service and the part-time love authority, we are number four on the list of most unromantic cities in the country. Instacart took grocery delivery orders and analyzed them based on “romantic terms” such as flowers, chocolate, hearts and champagne, among others….
One Conservative Activist Is Flooding State Enforcement Agencies With Questionable Complaints
More than 85% of citizen action complaints to the Public Disclosure Commission last year came from one man, who is yet to target a single Republican group. Are these being made in bad faith or is a real problem being exposed?
Do our state’s campaign finance rules need reforming? Glen Morgan, a conservative activist and self-styled campaign finance reform advocate, says they do—but his choice of targets has raised questions about whether he’s more committed to reforming campaign finance laws or bringing down progressive candidates and causes. Morgan, who heads up the conservative Citizens’ Alliance…
Innovating the Office: Technology Trends Changing the Workplace
What does the future hold for how and where we work?
Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. The way we work is changing, and, not surprisingly, technology is playing a big part in that shift. Conversation about the workplace almost always starts with technology. Indeed, technology is the enabling factor that allows anybody, anytime, to complete work from almost anywhere. As technology is further embedded into the office,…
Let’s Hope Seattle Avoids Korean Olympics Fallout
The Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea begin this week, and it's been a volatile time on the peninsula.
It’s hard not to think about North Korea these days. The possibility of a nuclear attack is certainly on people’s minds, even though the chances of a missile hitting Seattle is remote (sorry. Ann Coulter). Still, in Olympia, some legislators have sought to remove barriers against preparing for such an event. With President Donald Trump…
Reformer-in-Chief: Meet the Woman Working To Solve Seattle’s Most Vexing Issues
One colleague describes Lisa Daugaard as an organizer, analyst, advocate, strategist, academic, orator, social worker and spin doctor.
Lisa Daugaard, pictured in front of the Seattle Police Department’s West Precinct, is known for her persistence, especially where civil rights issues are concerned
Photo Gallery: Inside Amazon’s Spheres
Take a closer look inside The Spheres and the 40,000 individual plants and more than 300 plant species from more than 50 countries and almost every continent that now call it home.
Amazon’s one-of-a-kind spherical addition to its downtown Seattle headquarters officially opened this week. The Spheres are part of the e-commerce giant’s $4 billion headquarters that’s now where 40,000 employee work, and perhaps not coincidentally, 40,000 plants fill the space. Ron Gagliardo, senior manager of horticultural services at Amazon and the person who oversaw the project’s…
A Condo Comeback: 10 New Developments in the Puget Sound Pipeline
Market makers say they will sell more than a half-billion dollars in newly built multi-family units by 2020.
Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. What a difference a decade makes. For the first time in ten years, Realogics Group of Companies and its brokers are again representing ten new multi-family, for-sale condominiums and townhomes in downtown Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods. Although the project marketing specialists admit the current condo cycle is just a fraction of the…
Amazon Opens The Spheres in Downtown Seattle With Help From Jeff Bezos and Alexa
Seattle and Washington political leaders were also on hand for the official opening ceremony for Seattle's newest urban landmark.
“Alexa, open The Spheres.” “OK, Jeff.” Jeff Bezos gets a little help from Alexa to open the @seattlespheres. #seattle #amazon #alexa #jeffbezos #downtown #southlakeunion #amazonspheres A post shared by Seattle Magazine (@seattlemag) on Jan 29, 2018 at 11:18am PST And with that, the signature piece of Amazon’s $4 billion campus in downtown Seattle was…
How the New State Budget is Boosting Seattle Cultural Groups
Millions of dollars are going toward several Seattle non-profit organizations.
Last week the state Legislature passed the $4.2 billion state capital budget for 2017-19. The budget had been held up since the end of last year’s legislative session, held hostage to finding a compromise over water rights issues that impacted rural areas. But in the new 2018 session, an infrastructure-for-water compromise was achieved. The effect…
Amazon Go Opens In Downtown Seattle and it Features A Surprising Number of Local Favorites
We went to the store and skipped checkout for Day One of Amazon's latest experiment.
Hundreds of shoppers clutching free orange tote bags crowded into the fairly snug Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle on opening day, lots of them snapping photos, shooting live vids, some even buying stuff. It was just the kind of buzzy scene PR teams dream about for the premiere of the brave new world of…
We Went to the Opening Party for SPiN Ping Pong Bar
The event uniquely captured Seattle's current odd cultural moment.
Descend the stately brass stairwell from the door on 6th Avenue and you’ll find yourself not in elegant, if old-fashioned, Morton’s Steakhouse with white tablecloths and french doors that formerly occupied the space, but in SPiN a concrete warehouse space with street-art murals pulsing with bass from the DJ booth. It’s crowded, and the wall of…
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