13 Jun Pioneer Square in the News

NEWS

Fans have a blast on road — Festive atmosphere in Seattle, with only hint of mischief (The Province)
Those travelling from Vancouver were instructed to stay away from the bars around Qwest Field before the game, and to arrive at the game two hours early. Many, though, ignored those requests and discovered they were more than welcome at the watering holes in and around Pioneer Square.

Seattle’s Best Art for Out-of-Towners (Seattle Weekly)
Depending on your visitors’ schedule, try to coordinate your tourist-art safari with summer’s remaining three First Thursday art walks (July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 1). Making the Pioneer Square circuit of galleries will lead inevitably to the Tashiro Kaplan Building, the quickest and most efficient introduction to the diverse styles of Northwest contemporary art, presented buffet style.

Comcast wants to serve Pioneer Square startups, bids on city broadband project (GeekWire)
A few weeks ago, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn stood on First Avenue and asked Internet service providers to step up to help bring high-speed Internet to the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Now, one of the biggest providers in the state, wants to help deliver.

Comcast bids to bring high-speed Internet to Pioneer Square (TechFlash)
Comcast has submitted an application to the city of Seattle to provide broadband Internet service to Pioneer Square. Two weeks ago, Mayor Mike McGinn announced a plan to bring fiber-optic Internet service to four blocks of First Avenue South between Cherry and South Jackson, an area known for both attracting a growing number of tech companies and extremely poor Internet access.

Seattle murder conviction tossed out over ‘racist’ comments (Seattle Times)
The state Supreme Court has thrown out a man’s murder conviction in a 2006 gang-related shooting in Pioneer Square, ruling that the prosecutor who tried the case resorted to “racist arguments” to attack defense witnesses.

Seattle police to step up patrols on summer weekend nights (Seattle Times)
Starting Friday, uniformed Seattle police officers will be on the streets until 4 a.m. every Friday and Saturday until sometime in September, providing a visible police presence in neighborhoods where people tend to congregate on hot summer nights.

“Hooray, You’re Gay” Music Video from The Juliettes (Windy City)
The official music video release party is set for June 16th in Seattle at the Pioneer Square location of 88 Keys, a local Seattle club and supporter of live music. The show is all ages, doors at 7pm, $10, with a portion of each ticket being donated. 100% of the net proceeds from downloads of “Hooray, You’re Gay” will be donated to the It Gets Better Project which funds organizations that support equality education and at-risk gay youth.

Vendor of the Week: Larry Felder (Real Change News)
He stays mostly on the corner of Yesler and Western, in Pioneer Square near the waterfront, where he’s been selling for the past eight months or so. While I stand there with him, he greets his customers politely and courteously — doesn’t ask them to buy a paper, doesn’t push his product. It’s all, “How are you doing, ma’am?” and “Have a beautiful day!” It’s all smiles with Larry, all the time.

BLOGS

Dinner & a Movie: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a… (Voracious)
Nearly everything at Delicatus is delicious, including the oyster chowder and Seattle Cure (cured albacore tuna bresaola, salmon lox, shaved red onions, sweet peppers on a toasted panino roll with lemon-caper aioli).

Seattle 2012 High School Senior – Leah (Alante Photography)