09 May Pioneer Square in the News

NEWS

Review: ‘It’s All Good’ at Catherine Person (Seattle Times)
Longtime Seattle arts-scene fixture Catherine Person is closing her gallery, but not ending her career, nor is she spending time on regrets. She ends her run as a gallery owner on Third Avenue with a diligently crafted show called “It’s All Good.”

Viaduct to lose one lane each way in Sodo starting May 16 (Seattle Times)
To prepare for the change, Highway 99 from the West Seattle Bridge to South Lake Union will close at 11 p.m. May 13. The northbound onramp at Pioneer Square will reopen at noon May 14 so traffic can leave that night’s Sounders FC soccer match. The transition to fewer lanes begins at 5 a.m. May 16.

Hustle & Woe (Seattle Weekly)
Shyan Selah strides onto the stage of Pioneer Square’s Contour Lounge and smiles. He wears a black designer baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, obscuring all but the lower half of his face—a broad grin that radiates charisma and confidence.

On City Inside/Out Tonight: Seattle’s Spreading Homelessness Problem (Seattlest)
At stake with Seattle’s citywide, not downtown-exclusive homelessness problem: are groups fighting homeless outreach simply bringing up NIMBY rhetoric, or are their concerns for their neighborhood genuine? Why is this spread away from downtown happening? And, finally, can those who provide aid to our city’s homeless and those with concerns over their locale find common ground, when even Pioneer Square has a neighborhood group fighting the introduction of further outreach nonprofits?

Zulily lands a Big Fish, hooks Michael Vernon as finance chief (GeekWire)
Zulily just hooked one of Seattle’s best known high-tech CFOs, a possible sign of big things to come at the daily deal site for baby products. Michael Vernon, the former chief financial officer at aQuantive and Zumobi, plans to take over the CFO duties at Zulily after 18 months leading finance at Seattle’s Big Fish Games, GeekWire has learned.

BLOGS

Sate Your Appetite for Creole with Marcela’s and Treme (Voracious)
Marcela’s Creole Cookery rests on Yesler Way and James Street, beckoning tourists and locals alike just off Pioneer Square proper with New Orleans jazz standards piped out into the streets. I have to say I admired the restaurant before I had any idea what they served, if only for the fact that, if only for a few hours a day, the Square now had a soundtrack that wasn’t just ambulance sirens or droning Led Zeppelin covers emanating from the J&M Cafe.

The Smith of typewriter fame left his mark: a 35-story tower in Seattle (Syracuse Blog)
Smith Tower is imposing in an urban landscape of modern buildings. At construction, it was the fourth tallest building in the world, at 522 feet, curb to tower finial, some 42 floors. It remained the tallest building west of the Mississippi River for almost 50 years.

Seattle’s Pioneer Square – Through a New Lens (Mindy Klasky)
This audio tour (suitable for using with your smartphone), takes you through the Pioneer Square featured by Kat Richardson in her Harper Blaine Greywalker series. Kat points out places where specific events took place, and she shares her unique perspective on the Emerald City.