Seattle has been tying itself into knots over its central waterfront, hoping to dynamite an ugly Viaduct and replace it with parks, condos, and upscale retail. Plans came crashing down last March, when voters nixed both a new Viaduct and a tunnel scheme. All the parties are now closeted in quiet sta
A proposed luxury hotel would be the first in a tourist town where high-class lodging is in short supply and not much else is happening in a slumping economy. But some fear it could drive a stake in the tumbledown vibe the old ski town has managed to hold onto.
Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine restaurants, young residents, and the new trends in the economy such as biotechnology, green tech, and stem-
The Northwest is no stranger to timber theft, but a case that raised a lot of eyebrows was the recent plea-bargain of a Camano Island man who pled guilty to a federal theft charge for cutting down 27 old-growth cedars [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/127692.asp] in an isolate
A longtime theater figure looks back on four decades in Seattle, during which the Market played an endearing, sustaining, starring role.
