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In Magnuson Park, tadpoles swim where planes once landed
Green Acre Radio: In Seattle's Magnuson Park, ecologists have turned runways into fully functioning wetlands. It's all in a day's work.
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World's Fair expanded Seattle's taste for international food
A Belgian waffle, a Dutch baby, scones: Who knew these would be so good?
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America's foolish detour into shopping malls
These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.
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How boomers will change retirement and jobless rates
With 10,000 baby boomers a day turning 65, that large cohort will have an impact on unemployment rates this fall, when it could matter in the election race, and for years to come. Update: New employment figures show little gain in overall jobs.
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Seattle and Brooklyn: a tale of two waterfronts
A Brooklyn waterfront park-in-progress shares many of the same traits and problems with our own waterfront dreams; a compare and contrast imparts a few insights and lessons.