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The Weekend Debrief: Seattle Wins, Jerry Comes to Town, and McGinn Loves Pedestrians

Rachel Breiwick — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:17:56 +0000

Keeping you connected to what matters. Thy name is clock. Alarm clock. Good morning, Monday. New sound record attained at the Clink. Because Seahawks. In case you live underneath a soundproof rock, Seattle sports fans have a lot to brag about from over this September weekend. The Sounders won, the Huskies reign, Richard Sherman gave … Continue reading →

The Greenways are Coming! (to Beacon Hill and Ballard)

Michael van Baker — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:51:56 +0000

Wallingford had its greenway grand opening in mid-June, and now Beacon Hill and Ballard get to learn what all the traffic-calming excitement is about. Beacon Hill's open house is tonight, July 19, at Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Avenue S) from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Ballard's greenway-curious population will gather next Thursday, July 26, at Adams Elementary School (6110 28th Avenue NW), in the cafeteria.

Weekending at the VERA Project and Columbia City Theater

Audrey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:15 +0000

You know it’s the weekend when it’s time to leave Capitol Hill. So that’s what I did the last weekend of September. That Friday night I was off to Seattle Center. I hadn’t been to the Vera Project since the all-ages venue’s Belltown days, and the last show I can remember seeing there is probably … Continue reading →

On SoDo’s Shifting Sands

Arne Christensen — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:00:24 +0000

I recently looked at Seattle Chronicle, a DVD reprint of local historian Paul Dorpat’s 1992 VHS "2-hour tour through Seatle’s first ninety years, 1851 to 1941," to quote the front copy. It’s him narrating a roughly chronological slideshow, for the most part, of pictures of the city as it was a long time ago--some early '90s video footage of the same neighborhoods contrasted with photographs of them in, say, 1872, to illuminate how much things have changed.