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Civics and Culture

Sunday Video: Friends of the Benson Trolleys

https://vimeo.com/221306699 Take a step back in time to the golden age of streetcars in this video. Campaigners to restore the historic Benson waterfront trolleys share...

Could Floating Ports Provide a Different Way to Grow for the Port of Seattle?

The Port of Seattle, and its sister port in Tacoma, as part of the Northwest Seaport Alliance is a large-scale operation supporting about a...

City Council Landmarks Buildings in West Seattle and Eastlake

On Monday, the Seattle City Council formally registered two new landmarks with preservation controls. In Eastlake, the old Pacific Architect and Builder Building represents a...

Hearing Examiner Recommends UW Campus Master Plan Amid Community Concerns

Flying under the radar, the University of Washington's campus master plan update received a recommendation by Seattle Hearing Examiner Sue Tanner in mid-January. In...

Sunday Video: The Genius of the London Tube Map

In this short video, TED Michael Beirut talks about the modern London Tube map. He says that Harry Beck's version brought brilliant simplicity to mapmaking...

The Invisible Update

A year and half ago, the sight was a sorry one. A man and his son, the father ribbed in sweat, the coked-out shameless...

Help Recharge the Battery Street Tunnel

“Nobody stopped to hear him, though he played so sweet and high. They knew he had never been on their T.V., so they passed...

City Council Greenlights Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion

The Seattle Asian Art Museum expansion and rehabilitation project cleared a major hurdle on Monday. During their normal weekly meeting, the Seattle City Council...