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The Backlash Against Tech in Seattle: What we can Learn from San Francisco
The thriving tech industry is changing Seattle, and not everyone is happy about it
Strolling around Blanchard and Seventh in Seattle’s Denny Triangle, I’m taking in the last days of a forgettable block. It’s an easy spot to ignore as one passes by. Nondescript mid-rises commiserate with a Budget Rent A Car, a strip club and a fenced-off dirt lot. Having passed through the area for years, it’s hard…
Changes in the Central District Affect the African-American Community
As gentrification pushes African-Americans, should the city step in to protect their interests?
When Mount Calvary Christian Center pastor Reggie Witherspoon was growing up in the Central District in the 1960s and ’70s, the neighborhood was tight-knit and largely African-American. But today, it’s another story. “It’s radically different,” he says. Now, he can visit the neighborhood and not see any African-Americans. “I never thought I would see the…
The Big Problem with the Methow’s Little Hut
A cabin designed by a big-time architect has the small town of Mazama in an uproar
The dirt road up Flagg Mountain is not for the fainthearted—or the low-clearance car. It is steep and narrow, with hairpin turns snaking through woods and scrub. But the views at the top are more than worth the teeth-chattering drive: The craggy peaks of the North Cascades fan off to the west, and the Methow…
Does South Lake Union Have a Soul?
Does South Lake Union have what it takes to be a real neighborhood?
To walk the streets of South Lake Union (SLU) is to be bathed in the thrilling glimmer of new construction and the hum of global biotech and software engines, interspersed with echoes of its maritime past. But does the neighborhood have a soul? It’s a question that stems, in part, from grumbling members of Seattle’s…
A Smart Conversation about Guns
Last night, Town Hall hosted a forum on gun violence that didn’t devolve into a shouting match and included only one mention of Ann Coulter. Entitled “Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis,” this first of three February civic forums was an evidence-based look at the patterns, impact and cost of gun-related “unintentional” deaths, suicide and…
It’s Not Easy Building Green
A Seattle neighborhood's complaints about a "deep green" building raise key questions about zoning.
She is nine months pregnant on this sunny fall day. But that doesn’t stop Katherine Bragdon from taking a walk (more like a waddle) from her picture-perfect, red-shingled Wallingford bungalow to the nerve center of the neighborhood where Stone Way rolls down to the north shore of Lake Union. “South Wallingford is a special neighborhood,…
Unlocking Lake Union’s Underwater Mysteries
Unlocking Lake Union’s waterlogged secrets—one sunken treasure at a time.
The beam of a scuba diver’s flashlight cuts through murky water, illuminating sediment that resembles an ash storm at night, until the glow catches on something white. It’s the hull of a World War II minesweeper, coated in algae and mud, completely intact, with rooms and corridors, even a mess, you could still walk around…
Robert Redford and Activists Speak Out Against Pebble Mine
Film icon Robert Redford joined a chorus of voices when he published his stance against the Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay on the Huffington Post: The Pebble Mine is a disaster waiting to happen. Now, a long-awaited study by the Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that the Pebble Mine — along with its estimated…
When Will Seattle Streets Be Safe Enough for Cyclists?
Will Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan Update finally make Seattle streets inviting for cyclists?
You’ve heard it all a million times: Drivers are jerky, lazy, inattentive louts looking to put another notch in their steering wheels by giving cyclists a close shave, thereby asserting the supremacy of the almighty car while wasting our precious natural resources. And cyclists are entitled, arrogant, Lycra-clad maniacs with a death wish, impeding traffic…
Candlelight Vigil for Sandy Hook Victims at Alki
A candlelight vigil will be held in West Seattle this weekend to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, CT, according to the West Seattle Herald. Speakers will include violence survivors, including Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe, board members of Families & Friends of Violent Crime Victims organization and executive director…
Why Alaska’s Pebble Mine Matters in Seattle
What happens in Bristol Bay doesn’t stay in Bristol Bay: the battle over the Pebble Mine.
Salmon spawn in our rivers, climb our fish ladders, adorn everything from totem poles to T-shirts and grace our plates. They are synonymous with Seattle. And we spend a great deal of time and effort trying to protect their habitat close to home. These days, most of our wild salmon come from Alaska, in particular,…
Neighborhood Heroes: Readers’ Choice 2012
For the first time, we asked readers to answer our annual Readers’ Choice poll with their neighborhoods in minds. Of the many questions we pose every year (What’s your favorite restaurant, bar, takeout, etc.), “Who is your neighborhood hero,” was a new addition to the mix. Here are the results in that category. Sorry, neighborhoods…
Worst Moments of 2012 in Seattle
A few of the most shocking and biggest forehead-slapping fiascos that happened in Seattle in 2012.
Tit for tat: Local developers of the JoeyBra bra—with pockets, of course—sued by British developer of similar bra. Miss Calculation: Seattle beauty queen tweets about her hatred of Seattle weather, sparks a tempest among her Twitter followers. Rink Rage: Last year’s holiday “ice rink” at Cal Anderson Park is little more than a giant polystyrene…
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