Everyday Music to depart Capitol Hill location (Seattle Times) Everyday Music next year will leave its location next to Elliott Bay Book Co. on Capitol Hill's 10th Avenue strip, to be replaced by Totokaelo fashion boutique from Pioneer Square. Cleveland Rep. Dennis Kucinich tests the waters in...
NEWS Pirate landing launches Seafair's boatload of festivals (Seattle Times) Take a step back in time at Pioneer Square Fire Festival, commemorating local history with the Last Resort Fire Department and Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum display of vintage fire trucks and police cars. In addition, look for...
NEWS Seattle-area sandwich sensations? Readers pile 'em on (Seattle Times) Tats, Bakeman's, Salumi, Delicatus all make the top list! 2 SPD officers assaulted during melees as clubs closed in Pioneer Square SODO (KOMO) Two Seattle police officers were hurt trying to break up fights that escalated after large...
Intracorp IDs three Pioneer Square Buildings in default (PSBJ) Miller confirmed that Vancouver B.C.-based Intracorp defaulted on a $26.5 million loan in from General Electric Capital Corp that was used to purchase the four Pioneer Square properties. Rep. Dennis Kucinich the kneeslapper -- not! (Seattle Times) Ha, ha,...
All links concerning the City's plan to help our neighborhood (+ the Comcast announcement): McGinn says Internet will help draw business back to Pioneer Square (DJC) One broker said retail has been slow but office is strong because Pioneer Square has the kind of space that startups,...
McGinn's parking rate cut: Spread the pragmatism around (Crosscut) I would hope that same pragmatic approach (see the article to read about reduced Pacific Place Garage rates) can be harnessed to help out struggling Pioneer Square. Street parking in the Square will now be more than...
Slow news week...
IMAGE OF THE WEEK: NEWS Microsoft shutters one of its last scrappy vestiges: Pioneer Studios (Seattle PI) Three years after opening Pioneer Studios, one of the last vestiges of scrappiness in Microsoft corporate culture, the company confirmed it has moved out. The shutdown of Microsoft’s Pioneer Studios is an...
NEWS Alaskan Way Viaduct project: Now the back-ups begin (KOMO News) Andy Farashahi, whose Persian rug shop sits underneath the span, says the detours, closures and confusion are keeping customers away. "People - they don't want to come down to Pioneer Square or down by the waterfront....
NEWS Review: 'It's All Good' at Catherine Person (Seattle Times) Longtime Seattle arts-scene fixture Catherine Person is closing her gallery, but not ending her career, nor is she spending time on regrets. She ends her run as a gallery owner on Third Avenue with a diligently crafted...