28 Mar Pioneer Square in the News

IMAGE(S) OF THE WEEK:

From local artist, Sam Day — two paintings done in his “lunch hour”:

NEWS

Police: Pioneer Square shooting was medical marijuana deal gone bad (Seattle PI)
A nighttime shooting earlier this month in a Pioneer Square parking garage was the result of a marijuana deal gone bad after the victim tried to sell a pound and a half of the drug to an off-duty parking attendant, according to court documents.

Warehouse in Seattle’s Pioneer Square Spared (Preservation Nation)
One of the many historic buildings in Seattle’s Pioneer Square was spared from demolition earlier this month, thanks to a new proposal from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).

Get designer kids’ brands at rock-bottom prices at the Zulily sample sale (NW Source)
If this is the first time you’re reading this, you missed the Zulily sample sale last Friday — but not to worry — you can still catch great deals on their website.

CityTank: A Tale of Two Neighborhoods (PubliCola)
Downtown Seattle Association VP of Advocacy, John Scholes, wrote a satirical post for Dan Bertolet’s new blog, proposing that South Lake Union and Pioneer Square trade places—a send up of neighborhood groups in both places who are opposing rezones for different, but equally self-defeating reasons.

BLOGS

C200: A Tale Of Two Downtown Neighborhoods (CityTank)
Today, two important downtown Seattle neighborhoods are currently assessing their futures – at least by way of land use rezones – which will have significant implications on their growth, vibrancy and livability in the years to come. Would it be easier on everyone if the neighborhoods of South Lake Union and Pioneer Square just simply traded places in Seattle? Would both neighborhoods be better for it twenty years from now?

Best of Art Walk Awards: Send in Your Submissions! (First Thursday)
City Arts is teaming up with Blue Moon and Seattleartwalks.org (coming soon) to celebrate local art from Seattle’s neighborhood community art walks. On a quarterly basis City Arts will be selecting six finalists from dozens of entries submitted by businesses and galleries participating in the local art walks. Once the six finalists are selected they will then throw a huge party in the artists honor where the public gets to vote on the #1 winner.

Pioneer Square Medical-Marijuana Shooting Is One More Reason to Legitimize Dispensaries (The Daily Weekly)
Possessing medical marijuana in Washington state is legal with a prescription. Selling it, however, is not. That’s certainly not to say that medical marijuana isn’t sold in Washington; just that when it is, people run the risk of getting shot, beaten, or robbed.