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Being Seattle’s mayor has never been easy
Amid calls for her resignation, Jenny Durkan can take cold comfort in the fact that she’s not the first to struggle in the job.
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Mossback's Northwest: Gold fever launched Seattle’s aerospace obsession
The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines.
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Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere
The ramps to an imagined expressway were built during freeway frenzy in the 1960s. Now, all but one are coming down.
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Mossback's Northwest: The 1941 Seattle 'insult' that still stings
Sir Thomas Beecham came to conduct the Seattle Symphony and uttered a sentence that has never been forgotten.
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Mossback’s Northwest: Tragedy and terror in 1919 Centralia
The deadly Centralia Tragedy saw conflict between the Wobblies and the American Legion — and left behind a debated legacy.