No, this isn't an April Fools Joke. Not sure of all of the details yet, but a car just hit a building on Yesler between 2nd and 3rd Ave (between the Quintessa apartment building and PSCA's offices). Apparently the driver of the car took off on...
NEWS Caffe Vita celebrates new Pioneer Square location with free coffee, pizza, music on April 1 (Seattle Times) April Fool's Day & The Feast of Fools! (First Thursday) Teattro Zinzanni coming to Caffe Umbria on First Thursday (also free!) from 6:30 - 8:30 Review: At Satori's 'Winky,' you'll shift...
The Sounders are playing their first season home game tonight at 6:30pm versus Philadelphia Union (to see a complete Sounders schedule, click here). I rode the light rail with family and friends the first day it opened -- it just also happened on the same day...
NEWS Sidewalk signs in Pioneer Square put businesses, city at odds (Seattle Times) City cracking down on sidewalk signs (see follow up post below) Pioneer Square coffee: Cherry Street warned about sidewalk board, Elliott Bay Cafe branches out (Seattle Times) I understand that this comes from the city --...
NEWS Self-described 'space cowboy,' 'vampire' sparks bomb scare (KOMO News) Great article with lots of pictures and even video of the arrest of a homeless man who claimed to have a pipe bomb strapped to his wrist. Apparently he left DESC, went to the Union Gospel Mission,...
The monthly Revitalization Committee was last Friday, where the committee discussed the current draft of the Pioneer Square Economic Development Plan. Here are the five main goals of the plan: Engage Businesses and Support Business Growth Improve Public Safety and Civility Improve the Built Environment in the Square Marketing, Branding,...
Pioneer Square was full of activity last week -- and most of it was positive. Events full of people, announcements of fantastic new businesses moving in, and moving forward with the Revitalization Committee. Check it out: NEWS The curse of the 'Sinking Ship' (Seattle Times) Great article about...
NEWS Pioneer Square Hotel seeks OK for annex (DJC subscription only) "A long-planned hotel project is back before the Pioneer Square Preservation Board after a two-year hiatus. The project involves adding a four-story annex to the Pioneer Square Hotel on Yesler Way. It would have 30 hotel...
1. 1 in 4 Seattle residents named downtown as the number one neighborhood where they don’t feel safe. Nearly 40% of downtown residents worry about going out in the evenings because of that same fear. Surprise! Many of you probably thought it would be Pioneer Square,...
The above image is a rendering of one of the eight viaduct/central waterfront scenarios released by WSDOT in 2008 There was an article in the DJC regarding waterfront plans last Friday that discusses the city's desire to speed up the process of redesigning the waterfront. "If all...