Seattle & King County
Attention lawyers: The Sonics game is over
Video commentary: It's time re-do KeyArena without the NBA.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Tech
Another change at the top for ACT Theatre
Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre has just replaced its managing director, the veteran Seattle arts administrator Kevin Hughes, with his second-in-command, Carlo Scandiuzzi, whose title will be executive director. George Nunes is promoted to general manager.
Politics
Berkeley shows the political problems of bus rapid transit
The Seattle region has been tied in knots over transit planning since the mid-1960s, when the first opponents of rail transit surfaced, mostly based at the University of Washington. It's easier to attack a proposal than to have to defend one, which is one reason opponents of rail have had an advanta
Tech
Why is Seattle trying to sack Tacoma?
The bidding war over Frank Russell Investments is a classic illustration of greed overcoming regional planning.
Seattle & King County
Concert halls are breaking out of the shoe box, but not here
Live music has a new shape coming from liberated designs and a radical rethinking of the way we experience concert-going. The Northwest decided to stay with the traditional in a recent wave of new buildings, with good results.