11 Oct Pioneer Square in the News

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NEWS

Seattle’s Apple Jam to do special John Lennon tribute October 12 (Examiner)
They reported earlier that Apple Jam, Seattle’s popular Beatles tribute band, has had an eight-week residency at the Last Supper Club in Pioneer Square. (read their prior article here) This Tuesday the 12th, they will do a special tribute show to John Lennon in honor of his 70th birthday.

Bikini Barista Band Quickie Sets World Record (Seattle PI)
Seattle pop-punk band Quickie has set a World Record by playing 44 shows in a single day in 44 clubs from Everett to Lake City to Fremont to Pioneer Square — “it gives you a great snapshot of where we live.”

Cake & Ice Cream With Eighty4 Fly (Seattle Weekly)
It’s the MC’s birthday, and Pioneer Square’s Last Supper Club is packed—in no small part because he’s picking up the tab.

Downtown Throwdown (ESPN)
The Downtown Throwdown hits Pioneer Square for its fifth year this weekend.

Guest Editorial: McGinn Was Right to Delay Signing Off on Risky Tunnel Document (PubliCola)
One of the problems she claims for Pioneer Square is that the document “to reveal the number of vehicles that will use narrow historic Pioneer Square streets as highway access ramps, and what ‘improvements’ WSDOT might make to these streets to accommodate that additional traffic.”

A Preview of Our I-1100 Debate (PubliCola)
PubliCola just had spokespeople from both sides of Initiative 1100, one of two liquor-privatization initiatives, in to our office for and ed board debate.

Startup of the Week: GunUp (TechFlash)
GunUp.com founder Dan Hall admits that it’s a little odd operating a social networking site for gun enthusiasts from a place like Seattle. Nonetheless, Hall and co-founder David Burcham are pushing ahead with the launch of their Pioneer Square startup.

$20-30 Occult tour of Seattle October 14 and 21 (Greater Seattle on the Cheap)
“Occult Happenings: A Seattle Spirit tour” will hit Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, Pike Place, and historic Pioneer Square.

BLOGS

Where’s the bus? Metro routes to change during viaduct work (Seattle PI Transportation Watch)
King County Metro Transit previewed its plans Thursday for revising more than 30 bus routes next year in advance of major construction on the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project.

Political forum on Wednesday (Crosscut Blog)
Four experienced observers of the state’s political scene will discuss the upcoming election at a Crosscut gathering at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 13).