IMAGE OF THE WEEK Is actually a painting of the week, by David Patterson. (sigh) I'm in love: NEWS To gain housing, Pioneer Square needs a boost (Crosscut) The planets are finally lined up for a renaissance in Seattle's historic neighborhood, but only if the City Council will provide...
Just a note that I'm going to be posting a map and great info on where all of the apartments / condos are in the neighborhood. I've had a few people comment that they'd like to move here, but don't know where to start or what...
IMAGE OF THE WEEK From Sinister Brain: NEWS An arts and heritage super-agency? (Crosscut) A bill in Olympia would create a Department of Heritage, Arts and Culture, embracing programs from historic preservation to film, archives, and tourism. Is it an idea whose time has come, or will it trigger...
(Sorry for the late post -- was out of town on a spontaneous California vacation. Man, I miss the sun.) IMAGE OF THE WEEK: by Larry Myhre NEWS: Seattle Pinball Museum staying for good (Seattle PI) Charlie and Cindy Martin opened the pinball museum as part of the Storefront Seattle...
IMAGE OF THE WEEK Beautiful Photo of our Pioneer Square coffee house by Rain City Girl (Twitter: CherryStreet) NEWS City backs away from $4-an-hour parking in Pioneer Sq. (Seattle PI) Pioneer Square and several other neighborhoods got a reprieve of sorts from higher parking rates as Seattle officials on...
IMAGE OF THE WEEK: (image credit: travel blog) NEWS Family finds Pioneer Square to be the fine life (Seattle Times) The homeowner describes Pioneer Square as "the most invigorating, the most intellectually stimulating, the most fun place to live in the whole city." She's noticed that the people who...
According to the DJC, Seattle's recession ended a week ago. The reason being that Isilon just rented 180,000 sq ft in Pioneer Square. "A lot of the action has been in Pioneer Square, and this has Kevin Daniels, president of Daniels Development, eager to start what is...
IMAGE[s] OF THE WEEK: image source and of course, I had to include one of the 619 taken by WSDOT: NEWS Fire damages Pioneer Square building Sunday evening (Seattle Times) "The fire, which started at about 5:40 p.m. in the 200 block of First Avenue South, was deemed an accident,...
IMAGE OF THE WEEK Photo of a stranger taken during this month's art walk by smastrong: NEWS Isilon, Blue Nile moving to Pioneer Square (Seattle Times) Wow.. go Pioneer Square. 2 huge companies coming in to take up almost 170,000 sq ft of office space. Developer Justen starts own firm...
It's great to be back! I've missed a lot of news in the neighborhood the past two weeks, but it was great to go offline for a little while. Hope you all had a great break and have set some great goals for 2011. This...