21 May Urgent! Encampments, tents, and outreach
Public Safety Letter from the Alliance...
02 Feb Revitalizing Pioneer Square Update …or… my Ode to Pioneer Square
Last week, the Mayor (along with the Alliance for Pioneer Square) hosted a stakeholder meeting to talk about what has happened in Pioneer Square in the last 6 months. This is the second meeting that serves as a follow up to the "Pioneer Square 2015...
25 Jan Mayor’s neighborhood update this afternoon
I apologize for not posting this earlier: The Mayor, city council representatives and Alliance staff and board will meet with Pioneer Square stakeholders early in 2012 to provide an update on progress in relationship to the 2015 plan. Join us at ING at 83 South King Street, Wednesday,...
25 Oct Should we put a parking garage under Occidental Square Park?
That's what developer Urban Visions's CEO, Greg Smith is proposing (on DJC - subscription only), as we are going to lose more and more parking spots due to viaduct construction and changes: Urban Visions is studying the parking idea with the team that's working on its...
22 Sep “City’s Streetcar Promise Was a Promise”
Our issues with the streetcar were recently featured on PubliCola and the Seattle Transit Blog. Originally, PubliCola stated the following: The only thing is, the city never “promised” Pioneer Square it would build the streetcar to their neighborhood. In fact, according to city staff, the city...
16 Sep First Hill Streetcar may not come into Pioneer Square
Although I shouldn't have been surprised when I started hearing rumors that the First Hill Streetcar may not come into our neighborhood as planned, I still couldn't really believe it as I talked with city staff to verify that it will possibly now stop at...
14 Sep A new plan for the Stadium District — comments welcome
There is a draft Stadium District Concept Plan that has recently come out, that was created by two volunteer public boards, to protect the public's investment in Safeco Field, and CLink Field + Event Center. It is a draft plan that is supposed to present...
08 Sep Update from Burgess on Pioneer Square Issues
Over the past couple of months, Councilmembers Clark, Rasmussen and I have visited Pioneer Square for meetings with residents and small business owners and gone on walking tours to assess conditions in this important neighborhood. During these outreach efforts consistent and repeated complaints have emerged...
26 Aug Pioneer Square is more than just a Parking Lot for the Stadiums
The Seattle Times has an article out this morning talking about a dispute over parking that may stall the North Lot project: The problem: Developer Daniels Real Estate and the owner of the stadium, known until recently as Qwest Field, haven't reached agreement on replacing 491...
10 Aug Does SDOT really want to know what Pioneer Square thinks about parking?
[Yes, I marked this post as "politics" and "violence"] [caption id="attachment_3236" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Sign posted by Fenix Tattoo owner in Pioneer Square"][/caption] From the SDOT Parking Group: Parking. Whether it’s on the street or in a garage, it’s something that many people do on a regular basis. While...