24 Jan Pioneer Square in the News

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NEWS

Family finds Pioneer Square to be the fine life (Seattle Times)
The homeowner describes Pioneer Square as “the most invigorating, the most intellectually stimulating, the most fun place to live in the whole city.” She’s noticed that the people who are drawn to live in the area are very independent-minded, “and they tend not to be influenced by buzz.”

Seattle’s Pioneer Square Wants You! (Seattle Times)
The housing boom that brought new condos to Ballard, Belltown and Capitol Hill almost completely overlooked Pioneer Square. Fully 60 percent of apartments and condos are subsidized. The Square is better known for panhandlers, homeless shelters and soup kitchens serving a downtrodden population that has been around since World War II ended.

Viaduct demolition plans: Why one building is safe while its neighbor is at risk (Crosscut)
It all comes down to engineering, specifically the fact that the Polson Building has a basement and deep pilings, while the 619 Western artists’ building does not.

Why do Turkish kebabs star at a restaurant called ‘The Berliner’? (Crosscut)
Eating on the Edge: Love is the answer, of course, with a little politics, immigration, and labor history thrown in.

BLOGS

Tether Gallery to Close (City Arts Magazine)
Pioneer Square’s Tether Design Gallery, which has hosted live musical performances, panel discussions, and various artwork during its two-year run, will be locking its doors for good at the end of the month. According to Tether’s design director Dan R. Smith, the lockup isn’t as sad it seems, however.

Feel happy in your home. (Gingham and Gold)
My friend Bellen Drake is a photographer who lives with her family in a fabulous artist loft in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. Awhile back, I saw a few pictures that she took of her daughter doing a new couch dance.

A quiet friday evening ending with @saketomebaby (Sinister Brain)
Took some pictures in Pioneer Square using my phone and ended my evening at Sake Nomi, an awesome Sake Bar with a great mellow vibe.

Megan and Bob (Kathryn Bradley Photography)
A couple who married at Waterfall Garden Park in Pioneer Square, which is across from the headquarters of the Seattle Fire Department.