If you are looking for non-traditional weddings, mock weddings, commitment ceremonies, or even ceremonies "just because you're hot" (yes, their ad really says that), look no further. Pioneer Square is getting its very own "Shotgun Ceremonies" in the former retail location occupied by Synapse206. Following the motto,...
NEWS Website rates your neighborhood's walkability and your commute costs (Seattle Times) Seattle's most walkable neighborhood is Pioneer Square, with a score of 99! (followed by downtown, 97; First Hill, 96; Belltown, 95; and Roosevelt, 96) Lots of Obama articles: Obama: "I'll have a turkey sandwich and a Jammer...
The Pioneer Square Blitz Chess 2010 Championship will be held from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm August 29 at Occidental Square Park in downtown Seattle. In blitz, or speed chess, each player is allowed only five minutes to make all the moves in a game. Chess...
NEWS Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk (Seattle Times - Picture This) Characters come out for the First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square each month. A mysterious person in a moon mask sauntered around Seattle's historic district, without saying a word or reveling his/her identity. The...
Last Thursday, the State Liquor Control Board conducted an undercover sting operation at seven local galleries in Pioneer Square. Staying very busy with nightclubs and sporting events, galleries aren't usually something that they patrol, said Liquor Control Board staff member, Frank Gallegos. The LCB received a...
NEWS Goodman swaps Pioneer Square office plan for apartments (PSBJ) Plans for a 12-story office building near Colman Dock in Seattle's Pioneer Square have been swapped for a 15-story apartment building for young, urban professionals (yes!) (read more here) Seattle Art Walk highlights: 'Thunderbitch,' Molly Epstein and Casey...
NEWS Gunshots fired in Pioneer Square early Saturday (Seattle Times) Seattle police say that gunshots were fired in Pioneer Square early Saturday morning after residents yelled at noisy pedestrians to be quiet. Nobody was hurt. Shop Seattle's newest outdoor market on Saturdays in Pioneer Square (NW Source) The recent...
NEWS Elliott Bay Book Company's move was a blessing in disguise for Pioneer Square (Crosscut) The Main Street program is coming to Seattle, and a new move to revitalize the neighborhood puts the onus of success on the Square's little guys, which some argue is right where...
SDOT announced this week that they will be adding 20 on-street parking spaces to Pioneer Square. The parking spaces will be in two locations: on the north side of South Main Street between 1st Avenue South and 2nd Avenue South and on the north side...
NEWS Market hopes to reinvigorate area (Seattle Times) Shannon Carney of Seattle looks through screen-printed patches at Kitchen Ink during the first day of Seattle Square, Pioneer Square's new outdoor market. Between 1,200 and 1,500 people came throughout the day, organizers said. Pioneer Square supporters debuting outdoor market...