01 Nov Pioneer Square in the News

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NEWS

Pioneer Square: Are better days already coming? (Crosscut)
There are new ideas being developed around a neighborhood alliance, which has an energetic executive. Online-gaming developers have already discovered the charms of the place.

Ralph D. Anderson, architect called ‘father of Pioneer Square,’ dies at 86 (Seattle Times)
Often called the “father of Pioneer Square,” architect Ralph D. Anderson, who died Oct. 24 at 86, saw the beauty and potential in the neighborhood’s decrepit old buildings in the 1960s and began a movement to restore Seattle’s historic district.

Seattle considering SoDo build up (King5 News)
Is South Downtown Seattle ready for taller buildings and more people? That is something the City Council has been considering, and the public will soon have a chance to voice their concerns.

Crews tearing out part of waterfront streetcar tracks (Crosscut)
Attention Seattle streetcar lovers: If you happen to be near the intersection of First Avenue S. at S. Main Street in Pioneer Square and see a construction crew ripping out the tracks of the old George Benson Waterfront Streetcar, don’t panic. This doesn’t mean the powers that be have forever given up on the Waterfront Streetcar: it just means the tracks are in the way.

Streetcar line headed for Seattle’s First Hill (Seattle Times)
The Sound Transit board voted Thursday to spend $133 million for a 2.5-mile streetcar line through the First Hill neighborhood. The exact route from Pioneer Square and the location of a maintenance yard will be determined by the Seattle City Council.

BLOGS

Seattle’s Oldest Bars and Booze Halls, According to “Collector of Wisdom” Peter Andrijeski (Voracious)
What Pioneer Square bars have been around since the late 1800s? What current rock-and-roll hotspot was originally called “Wee Deoch and Doris”? What tiny tavern used to be a horse stable?

Man stabbed in Pioneer Square (PI – 911)
Police are searching for a person who stabbed a man Friday evening in the 300 block of the Second Avenue South Extension. Police still looking for more info.