According to the DJC, "the Furuya and Corgiat Building" is a co-winner for Historic Seattle's 2010 preservation award for best rehabilitation. (Furuya was renamed as the Pacific Commercial building because people couldn't pronounce the real name) To check out a great post detailing the rehabilitation of...
NEWS Historic Pioneer Square proves a tough place to run a store; better for restaurants (Seattle Times) Elliott Bay leaves, Retailers don't do as well as Restaurants, and an overview of exciting changes in the neighborhood. D.I.Y. downtown: A self-guided tour through Seattle history (Seattle Times) "As I stood...
Delicatus is a brand new deli in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Their website says that it was "formed by and for those who think that dining should be an experience that resonates." I sat down with founders Mike Klotz and Derek Shankland to talk about why...
No, this isn't an April Fools Joke. Not sure of all of the details yet, but a car just hit a building on Yesler between 2nd and 3rd Ave (between the Quintessa apartment building and PSCA's offices). Apparently the driver of the car took off on...
Is what I kept thinking to myself as we walked up what felt like thousands of stairs in King Street Station. Well, really only 326 (yes I counted). Even with the stair climbing, I was fortunate to attend the tour of King Street Station last Thursday...
The Bread of Life is an incredible mission in Pioneer Square (see a post regarding their Drive by Fooding Program here, or a post introducing 5 bread of life residents). When talking to Leah Swindon, the Marketing + Communications Director, about their Drive-by-Fooding program, she...
NEWS Caffe Vita celebrates new Pioneer Square location with free coffee, pizza, music on April 1 (Seattle Times) April Fool's Day & The Feast of Fools! (First Thursday) Teattro Zinzanni coming to Caffe Umbria on First Thursday (also free!) from 6:30 - 8:30 Review: At Satori's 'Winky,' you'll shift...
Update: I have contacted Real Change and we have a meeting + tour planned. After talking with friends and coworkers, I realize that when I posted this a week or so ago, that I framed the conversation in the wrong way. I think Real Change is...
The Sounders are playing their first season home game tonight at 6:30pm versus Philadelphia Union (to see a complete Sounders schedule, click here). I rode the light rail with family and friends the first day it opened -- it just also happened on the same day...
This Thursday, March 27th, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development, with City Council President Richard Conlin, will be hosting the third monthly City Business Casual after-hours event in downtown Seattle. This event may be of interest to neighborhood businesses...