21 Mar Pioneer Square in the News

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NEWS

Pioneer Square parking: Did city just put neighborhood at a disadvantage? (Crosscut)
Pioneer Square is supposed to be recovering. Now comes the city to impose higher rates and longer hours for street parking. Merchants and residents are left to wonder whether this is supposed to help.

King Street Station gets new plaza this spring (DJC)
Once complete, the 13,500-square-foot plaza will have cherry trees, planters and a brick pathway running from Jackson Street to a renovated stair. Most of the plaza surface will be crushed granite and marble. Added vegetation will help reduce the heat island effect and mitigate stormwater.

Zynga moving to Seattle’s Pioneer Square (TechFlash)
Social game maker Zynga has picked Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square to open its local office.

PI.com: Cost to Save 619 Western Isn’t an “Overrun” (PubliCola)
Contrary to statements by the anti-tunnel referendum campaign, Protect Seattle Now, that the state department of transportation’s commitment to spend up to $20 million on seismic upgrades to the 619 Western artists’ building constitutes a “$17.5 million cost overrun,” the PI.com reports that, in fact, the money is coming out of the state’s budget for buying land and right-of-way along the path of the tunnel project.

Seattle tattoo shop owner fights parking rates with explicit sign (MyNorthwest)
Myers told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show on Thursday, “these guys are idiots. They don’t understand basic business…I told them ‘our best shopping day is on Sunday, which is a free parking day.'”

BofA closes 2 Puget Sound branches (PSBJ)
The bank has already closed one location in Pioneer Square and will shut down a Newport Hills branch on March 25.

BLOGS

Ty Myers, Tattoo Artist and Mad-As-Hell Seattleite, Unfurls Massive “F%#$ You Mayor McGinn” Sign In Shop Window (Seattle Weekly)
Ty Myers was looking for a simple message that captured the anger he felt toward Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle City Council over recent hikes in Pioneer Square area parking. “F*$% You Mayor McGinn” was what he settled on.

Drink Your Way Through Seattle’s Neighborhoods, One Beer at a Time (Voracious)
1. Pioneer Square: The loophole-laden beer ban in Pioneer Square is insubstantial, to say the least, much like taste of O’Doul’s.