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Seattle abused but not defeated in NBA pursuit
The NBA played Seattle as an option to win better terms from Sacramento. But this should be just the beginning of the city's efforts to win a basketball and hockey arena.
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State treasurer should loosen up on healthy job creation
The state is borrowing heavily for highway construction, which ends up being used as an argument against additional debt. But what about taking some smart risks for more sustainable projects?
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How the recession spurred creative solutions to Seattle's arts space crunch
With a history of too-expensive arts space, Seattle's artists, developers and government are seizing the opportunity created by the recession to rethink and revitalize the city's arts space policy.
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Bicycling opens a window on Seattle's genius as an urban center
Once upon a time, the ideal in city zoning was thought to be a pattern in which each activity had its own place: industry beside other industries, homes by themselves, businesses all grouped into commercial centers. But we gain by the kind of mixtures we experience riding around the city.
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At downtown intersection, strands of Seattle history converge
Where else in Seattle will you find two Irish bars in one building?