05 Jul Pioneer Square in the News

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 club events ended in Pioneer Square SODO early Monday morning. People began streaming out into the streets in the 2900 block of 1st Avenue South as the 2 a.m. closing hour loomed, said Renee Witt with Seattle police.
(editor’s note: please stop blaming all bar fights on Pioneer Square! See map below:)

Coffee break, firefighter-style (Crosscut)
A group of us were sitting in Caffe Umbria, off Occidental mall in Pioneer Square on Friday afternoon. Suddenly a very large, very red, very shiny fire truck pulls into the brick-paved mall, which bans autos and is one of the finest pedestrian streets in the city. It slows to a stop. Four firefighters emerge slowly from the cab. We wonder if there’s a fire or what?

Zynga files for IPO, Windows Phone marketplace hits 25,000 apps and more (TechFlash)
The company recently opened a satellite office in Seattle’s Pioneer Square in an effort to attract local tech talent.

The trees get ‘yarn bombed’ in Seattle’s Occidental Park (KPLU)
Seattle’s Occidental Park is a leafy oasis in the middle of the city. It’s now also the site of a whimsical installation where all 27 trees and 16 lamp posts and 57 short poles are dressed up in yarn.

Grind And Shine: Metal Chocolates (NPR)
ANDREW MATSON: You have a song called “Pioneer Square Powder,” sort of in honor of the neighborhood.
RIK RUDE: That situation! So, OC and I link up to at 7:30 or 8 in the morning. I might call in sick to work; work is down the street from the lab. We go get a custom cigar and maybe a six pack or two, and we’ll see the people from the night before who were just… on one. They’re the homeless people and the crackheads. We see these guys all the time, to where we’ve developed a relationship. It’s like, ‘Oh hey! How you guys doing?’ Toss this guy a beer. That’s what the “powdered donuts” phrase refers too. We were like, ‘Man these guys are in our everyday environment, we should incorporate that into our music.’

Delicatus: Happy Hour Oasis in Pioneer Square (Seattle Met)
The deli brings a much-needed evening snack spot to the club-and-dive neighborhood.