Join in for snacks and refreshments at this interactive open house forum to share your thoughts on how we can improve our neighborhood parks and help determine which park to take to a full schematic design.
Parks and Gateways Open House
Thursday 29 October
4 to 7 pm
Lobby...
The New Pioneer Square blog may be remiss in its responsibilities for not writing sooner about Save Our Square and the related dust up over a building proposal to replace the Old Seattle Parking Garage on the corner of S Jackson and Alaskan Way S. But...
By Sarah Norton
Lately there’s been a change of tempo in the Square – with new restaurants, shiny high rise condos, renewed energy in the parks, and lots of high tech startups humming in the ‘hood. Just sitting in any one of our coffee houses, you...
by Courtney Crockett
An all too brief and rare sighting of the new Seattle Streetcar today. Glad I was able to capture the moment. The new Streetcar rode in at the Occidental Park Pioneer Square station and quickly continued on to test the line heading east...
by Courtney Crockett
As anyone who moves to Pioneer Square quickly discovers, the only grassy knoll available for dogs to romp and survey the world resides at Century Link Field. In moving here nearly 10 years ago, it immediately became my destination for walking my dogs...
By Beth Berube
My lifelong fascination with Pioneer Square began when I was around ten. Mom crammed my sisters and me into the back seat of our green Studebaker and we were off on an adventure, leaving sleepy Issaquah in the rear view mirror, bound...
by Courtney Crockett
The building at 111 S Jackson will have new occupants. The building was built in 1904 and began as a lumber warehouse. It was later converted into office space during the 1980’s and housed previous tenants Microsoft and the architectural firm NBBJ. Many in...
by Courtney Crockett
Two neighborhood organizations, Active Streets Strategy and Alley Network Project have been submitted to HUD’s Innovation of the Day competition.
Pioneer Square is central to our regional transit system and has several roadway construction projects scheduled in the coming years. Active Streets Strategy works...