08 Aug Pioneer Square in the News

The deep-bore wisdom of Tim Ceis (Crosscut)
When asked about the tunnel’s impact on Pioneer Square, Ceis say’s it’ll be “Utopia,” a neighborhood reconnected, the Washington Boat Landing restored, the increase in street and bus traffic good for the place. “Carmageddon? I don’t think so.”

Pro | Move forward with the tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle Times)
If we approve Referendum 1, we let the City Council do its job and that’s a good thing. And a lot of other people around town agree. The campaign to approve Referendum 1 has support from Alliance for Pioneer Square, King County Democrats, King County Executive Dow Constantine and the Seattle Aquarium, among so many others. That’s meaningful to me.

A Former Cop Sets His Crime Scene In Seattle (NPR)
Seattle’s Pioneer Square was once home to the city’s vice-ridden Skid Row — or as the locals sometimes call it, “Skid Road.” It was a neighborhood full of “sailors on leave and tattoo joints and strip joints,” says J.B. Dickey, owner of The Seattle Mystery Bookshop.