Seattle & King County
What's in a (street) name?
Lots of history, if we care to notice. And there are lots more unnamed spaces waiting to get a little local flavor.
Benjamin Lukoff
Latest work
Politics
Fall is in the air, and on Seattle's street signs
As part of a 10-year project, the city is gradually changing its street signs from green to brown. Our resident "address nerd" surveys the damage.
Seattle & King County
P-I archives should be saved
Acres of notes and other papers appear to be homeless
Culture
Pacific Science Center's architecture might change
Dramatically lit at night, the Science Center is an icon in the Seattle skyline. A national group is sounding alarms about potential alterations of the campus, though the arches seem sacrosanct.
Culture
Is it wrong to have a Negro Creek?
An effort to change the name in Chelan County has run into resistance, and the episode raises the quite complex issues of updating names to modern sensibilities.