11 Apr Pioneer Square in the News

NEWS

Exec: ShareBuilder to stay in Seattle (PSBJ)
The pending sale of online stock broker ShareBuilder Securities Corp., which employs about 350 in Pioneer Square, probably won’t change operations or staffing here, according to President Dan Greenshields.

State keeps list of where DUI suspects say they drank (Seattle PI)
Many drunken drivers in Seattle had their last drink in Pioneer Square or Belltown, and cops say dozens of people arrested for DUI said they had their last drink at Northwest casinos.

Car Stereo Thrown Through Lawrimore Project Window Last Night (Seattlest)
After the art walk last night, a car stereo was thrown through the window of Pioneer Square gallery the Lawrimore Project, says Jen Graves at the Slog.

Notes From The A&E Editor: First Thursday & 619 Western (Seattlest)
As Johnny opened a new bottle of red for me, she talks to me about Local 619, a group of about 45 artists at the 619, whose goal it is to find a permanent, publicly owned, arts space in Pioneer Square.

BLOGS

After Art Walk Last Night, Somebody Threw A Car Stereo Through the Window of Lawrimore Project (SLOG)
The gallery had just opened the first sanctioned solo exhibition of nationally peripatetic street artist Read. Were the haters protesting the art? Lawrimore says he has no idea. They didn’t steal anything. If they were protesting graffiti with an act of vandalism, that’s some oxymoronic business.

San Francisco’s parking experiment — Will Seattle be next? (Seattle PI Blog)
This month, San Francisco plans to launch an experiment in variable rate parking, where “rates at curbside meters in the project area will be adjusted block by block in an attempt to have at least one parking space available at any time on a given block” SFGate reports.