TODAY: First Thursday, Holiday Tree Lighting, Caroling OH MY! Join us today for the First Thursday Art Walk, and stick around for the spectacular Holiday Tree Lighting in Occidental Park from 5 to 7 pm! In addition to the 25-foot Douglass Fir holiday tree lighting, Tuba Luba...
The fall colors and the leaves that fall off the trees into the park always remind me of how much I love living in Pioneer Square. You can follow my photos on instagram on your iphone (username: pioneersquare), or here online. I also shot a panorama of...
Visit DowntownHolidays.com to ensure your holiday season is merry and bright! The DSA/MID, Seattle Center and Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau are proud to announce the 2011 Holidays in the City seasonal campaign. Now in its third year, the annual campaign – geared toward helping promote...
Did anyone see the brass instruments, umbrellas, and revelers in Pioneer Square last Friday night? They started outside of Marcela's Creole Restaurant, and headed up 2nd Avenue (going who knows where). Just another reason why I love this neighborhood: p.s. you can follow other Pioneer Square photos that...
MapQuest has started a new site called m(q)vibe, which gives a "Vibe Score" for neighborhoods. The score is "a composite of Walkability, Popularity, Going Out, Edginess, Burbiness, and Residential scores," which include what it would take to achieve a vibrant lifestyle in that community, compared...
Just last month, tech company Stray Boots announced "a new way to explore Seattle." You can now tour Pioneer Square (+ Pike Place + the SAM) through a great interactive walking tour with your cell phone as your guide. From their website: Seattle: The Game combines the...
Remember the news back in June about Charley Royer being named DSA's 2011 Downtown Champion? They put together a video to honor Charley and all the amazing work he's done for the city (most especially Pioneer Square), that was called "Mr Royer's Neighborhood," a cute...
Went on a walk through Pioneer Square this weekend, and joined the Instagram craze and took a few photos of what may be the last days of summer weather in our neighborhood: ...
From the Hornall Anderson blog: We were honored to participate in this historic event, and in turn chose to pay homage to Seattle’s 619 Arts Building on Western Ave., which has been a bastion for artists and patrons since 1979. Upon embarking on this project, we...
Our neighborhood has the following advertisement on 60 buses over the next 8 weeks, plus a billboard heading south on 99 coming into town. The ad reads "aboveground is a big part of the story, too...