17 Oct Pioneer Square in the News

Tea Party Launches Occupy Skid Row Movement (Huffington Post)
Fed up with what they see as a preponderance of unpleasant poor people controlling the national agenda, the Tea Party has countered the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement with its own series of radical protest groups called “Occupy Skid Row.” Already, hundreds of largely peaceful Tea Party Patriots have gathered in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, Seattle’s Pioneer Square [editor’s note: I haven’t heard about this…anyone else?] and impoverished areas of New York City and Los Angeles to bring their simple message to the American people: that the desperately poor, the homeless and those lacking even basic nutrition or medical attention simply do not care about what happens to the rest of the people in this country.

Lib Tech’s Downtown Throwdown In Seattle (Snowboarding)
Lib Tech’s Downtown Throwdown made it’s way back to Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square this past weekend and you couldn’t have asked for a better event. The weather was amazing, the crowd was large, people were stoked and the riding was off the chain.

Isilon plans jobs announcement (TechFlash)
After getting a new corporate parent and moving into Seattle’s emerging tech hub — Pioneer Square — Isilon is ready to announce a major jobs initiative.

A viaduct you can dream upon (Seattle Times)
The Washington State Department of Transportation announced a contest to let 25 people have 30 minutes on the traffic-free Alaskan Way Viaduct. The Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program has received 400 entries so far, said spokesman Matt Preedy.

CleanScapes, the Anti-Trash Trash Company, Launches Merger With Big Ambitions (Seattle Weekly)
Martin, who got into this business by complaining about the dumpsters behind his Pioneer Square home, has taken his obsession with trash a long way.

Should Seattle spend millions to plan more streetcars? (Seattle Times
A downtown link would make it easy for visitors at cancer-care clinics at South Lake Union, or workers at Amazon to reach Pike Place Market, the Seattle Art Museum and Pioneer Square, said James Kelly, co-founder of the Streetcar Alliance. People downtown could continue to medical centers on First Hill. “Being able to accommodate elderly people, those who want to go to hospitals, it’s a wonderful connection,” he said.

Super-cool Seattle: Music and magic in the American city that gave the world ‘grunge’ (Daily Mail)
My trip to Seattle came about after I received an invitation to visit Taking Punk To The Masses: From Nowhere To Nevermind, an exhibition in the city celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s seminal album, Nevermind. Seattle is like no other American city I’ve visited. It has a distinct laid-back, liberal feel, a tight community and jaw-dropping panoramic views of epic mountain ranges. Though Seattle is a compact city, each area has a distinct feel – Belltown has lively nightlife, historic Pioneer Square has a great choice of classy restaurants, and there is also a busy central business and shopping area called Downtown.