Civics and Culture

Seattle’s New Center for Architecture and Design

Significant growth in Seattle over the past few years has prompted a great deal of attention, and now there is a dedicated place in...

Tony, Dawna, & Nietzsche

I first saw him at 14th and Jackson, chatting with some NightWatch pals. It was 6:45, long before the 9pm entry time for that...

Jason The Athletic Godfather

I wrote the following in 2012: At Letitia a gregarious basketball-player-looking character steps off. He always seems to know everybody. He'll get on the bus, plunk...

Sunday Video: Design Shaped By The Community

"Americans spend 90% of their time indoors" explains Marc Kushner in this animated talk in which he discusses how architecture shapes us and triggers...

Square Hair

Image above: On the left, my friend Purpelle Tramble, the filmmaker. On the right, some guy with short hair... Two unrelated interactions with different late-night...

Rainbows, Made For Dancing On

Twenty-seven minutes into Sunday, but that's just for those counting at home. Broadway and East Pine is the center of the world for some,...

Anna Karina 

There's so much police, fire, and medical sprawled out everywhere you'd think it was the parking lot at Bellevue Psychiatric. This place looks like Willowbrook...

Sunday Video: Super Bowl Sustainability

With a vision to host the healthiest, most sustainable and socially responsible Super Bowl ever, the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee...