23 Jan Pioneer Square in the News

Seattle’s old buildings: Opportunities, not obstacles (Seattle Times)
Seattle’s old buildings should be maintained and upgraded as the city evolves, says writer Lawrence Kreisman, program director of Historic Seattle. Reusing these old buildings, he says, is one of the best ways to improve the environment. It’s much greener than building green from scratch. And it can make good business sense.

Man hospitalized after stabbing at PSq homeless shelter (PubliCola)
One man was hospitalized following a stabbing at a Pioneer Square homeless shelter Tuesday morning.

So cold, even the trees need socks (Seattle Times)
The multi-colored tree-socks couldn’t be more fitting during these cold days we are having. At Occidental Park, they also add a welcoming sense of cheer and whimsy to the neighborhood. I was pulled into the park as soon as I saw the trees from a distance.

Design Perspectives: The new North Lot: erasing a civic embarrassment (DJC – subscription only)
For more than three decades, Pioneer Square has looked south across almost four blocks of surface parking. The North Lot, first by the Kingdome and now next to its replacement, CenturyLink Field, was a civic embarrassment and a developer’s dream: a sea of paving in the historic heart of Seattle, large enough to hold a new middle class neighborhood.

City bites hand that feeds homeless (Seattle Times)
Curbside al fresco is so hip that Seattle officials have put up a website to promote the street-food craze. But not if you’re homeless, says Beverly Graham, whose Operation: Sack Lunch serves meals, mostly outdoors, to the low- and no-income.

Today in Pictures: Jan. 18, 2012 (ABC News)
A Metro bus drives under a canopy of snow-covered trees in Pioneer Square, Jan. 18, 2012, in Seattle. The city is expecting three to six inches.