Increasingly, our City’s murals are falling victim to taggings so relentless they overwhelm a neighborhood’s ability to remove them within the 10 days required by the City. Can the organization Urban Artworks come to the rescue?
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Seawall meets its nemesis, the gribble
Originally published July 20, 2012, on Crosscut.com
There’s a piece of wood on desks down at City Hall. The chunk, with its dozens of air pockets and traverse cavities, resembles a rotting wedge of Swiss cheese. But, in reality, the crumbling wooden chunk is a piece of the Seattle seawall, the nearly mile
and a half wall that separates downtown Seattle from the salty waters of Elliott Bay.
That barrier, built between 1916 and 1936, extends from South Washington Street to Broad Street. It was never designed to withstand earthquakes or heavy tides. Nor to resist invasion by generations of gribbles, a tiny marine worm.
The city has been patching breaks its seawall for decades, but there is no getting around reality – … Continue Reading »
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Tears for an Icon
J. P. (short for Julius Pierpoint) Patches left us Sunday morning. The clown — real name Chris Wedes — was a hero to children of all ages, but especially to baby boomers who grew up watching the KIRO-TV children’s star from 1958 through 1981. J. P. styled himself “mayor of the city dump.” J.P. starred [...]
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Redesigning the Central Waterfront
On Monday, July 23 the City Council will hear the recommendations of the Central Waterfront Committee about how to redesign the Downtown Seattle waterfront. The Central Waterfront Committee was created by the Council in Resolution 31264 to “advise the City on designing, developing and managing a series of premiere public spaces on the Central Waterfront [...]
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Update on the 3rd Avenue Initiative
Do you want to know more about the 3rd Avenue Initiative?
Real Change Assistant Editor, Rosette Royal gives you an update on the progress so far.
Link here for the full story.
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Chris Hansen’s Sodo arena plan: Seattle Storm should be more than an afterthought
Originally published July 15, 2012, in the Seattle Times,
AMID all the hoopla over a potential new arena, there has been one forgotten player. No one, it seems, is talking seriously about what the addition of another professional sports franchise or two — and another sports emporium — would mean to the future of the Seattle Storm.
Failure to talk with, and about, the WNBA franchise is quite an oversight. For openers, it’s worth reviewing the team’s history. Remember that in 2008, when the Oklahomans were determined to hijack the Sonics, it looked as if they were going to drag the Storm off, caveman style, to Oklahoma City as collateral damage.
At almost the eleventh hour, a group of professional women miraculously came to the team’s rescue and managed to scrape … Continue Reading »
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UP #324: How Do We Ensure We Aren’t a City with Homeless Children Sleeping Outdoors?
I believe that this is a goal that we can accomplish.
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Seattle City Council committee advances appointment of M. Lorena González to Ethics and Elections Commission
News Release:
The Seattle City Council Government Performance and Finance Committee voted today to appoint M. Lorena González, a distinguished attorney and civic leader, to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. The Full Council will vote on her appointment on Monday, July 23.
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Reminders for Thursday’s joint public hearing on the proposed SODO arena
News Release:
The Seattle City Council and King County Council will hear public testimony on Thursday, July 19, regarding the proposal for a new multi-purpose arena in SODO.
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Little Free Libraries for the Waterfront?
"Little Free Library" promotes the love of reading by inspiring people to build free book exchanges that in turn build a sense of community.