Politics
Steven Holl's Seattle library that got away
We narrowly missed getting a major work by this hugely influential architect. A new library by him in New York gives a glimpse of the lyrical architecture that might have been here.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Politics
Bill for cultural districts dies in the House
(With an update) The measure, allowing counties to pass new taxes to support arts and education, had been revised to get Speaker Frank Chopp's support, but lack of support in the House Democratic caucus killed it again this year.
Seattle & King County
How a 'Sputnik moment' built modern Seattle
It began with the idea of a world's fair, desperately in need of a theme.
Politics
City to Sonics: How big's your legal war chest?
It's increasingly clear that the City of Seattle strategy in the dispute of the Sonics is politics-by-litigation, otherwise known as trying to run the other side out of money by imposing high legal costs. Time is probably on the city's side. The Sonics new Oklahoma City owners, meanwhile, are starti
Politics
At City Hall, more austerity politics
Mayor McGinn delivers the sad news for 2012, putting a few mini-departments on notice and applying cross-the-board cuts to the rest.