Culture
Later closing hours? Make the bars pay for them.
Mayor McGinn says 24/7 bar hours will pay off in staggered closings and booze-tourism income. Here's another way to spread the push-out and recover more revenues for the city.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Environment
For new urbanites in hard times, small is beautiful
Seattle leads the way to a rooming-house renaissance. But what about the parking?
Culture
It takes a village to get a Trader Joe's
Good luck trying to buy local in Southeast Seattle. With so many people and so much money, why is it a retail desert?
Culture
'It Can't Happen Here' happens here again
This Monday, a revival reading of Sinclair Lewis's fable of an American fascist coup opens a rare window into Depression-era Washington, when politics were radical, artists were agitators, and theater really seemed to matter.
Culture
Help from Yelp: Harvard study shows online reviews boost Seattle restaurants
The study also found that online reviews seem to help independent restaurants take a larger share of the overall market from chain operations.