A conversation with Seattle
Tony: I think people are probably experiencing festival overload this summer: We’ve seen scores of festivals over the last two … Continue reading Capitol Hill Block Party 2014: A SunBreak Roundtable
Richard Sparks would be proud of the choir he formed and nurtured. Since 2007, Choral Arts has continued to bloom … Continue reading Choral Arts’ praise of Mary
McGinn said that people want more parks and safer walking places, and it looks like SDOT is listening—at least a … Continue reading Seattle’s Smallest Park Arrives Wednesday on Capitol Hill. In a parking spot.
Nearly a year ago, I encountered an asshole with a puppy in his Safeway cart. Since writing about that experience last February, the story continues to inspire opinionated comments, in spurts here and there (TWSS). The most recent comment, from just a couple days ago, certainly had enough time and forethought invested as to warrant a larger audience and hopefully move this conversation forward. Continue reading No More Dogs in Grocery Stores: A Reasonable Reader Responds
Even with thousands of new apartments on the way, concludes Everett Rummage, “with the city’s economy recovering, and unemployment continuing to fall, there’s no reason to expect the rent to remain anything but Too Damn High.”
That’s the opposite sloganeering spin of Seattle Bubble, where the headline is “The Rent Won’t Be Too Damn High For Long.” Continue reading Are Seattle’s Rent Prices Heading Up or Down?
The majority voiced support for Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposal to rezone parts of South Lake Union to allow for towers up to 400 feet tall or about 40 stories. At that height, buildings could obstruct some views of Puget Sound, the Space Needle, and Lake Union from Capitol Hill. Continue reading City Council Gets an Earful of Support for SLU Rezone to 400′
leftcoastletters encountered this intriguing and title-defying collage on Capitol Hill and was kind enough to share it with us in … Continue reading Glimpses: “?”