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Monumental Seattle (Part 4)
Earlier chapters of this series have focused on the public art and monuments of Seattle that might say something about the city’s past or present character. Like, say, the still-standing monumen… more →
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Monumental Seattle (Part 4)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Earlier chapters of this series have focused on the public art and monuments of Seattle that might s … more →
Seattle pedestrians sometimes forget to push crosswalk button
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wrote 1 month ago: Pedestrian crosswalk sign and button in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood Take a look a … more →
Stampless in Seattle
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wrote 5 months ago: Post office in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood My local post office branch in Seattle was out … more →
Monumental Seattle (Part 2)
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wrote 5 months ago: Earlier this year, still New To Seattle, I posted my first survey of the monuments and other public … more →
Why are some Seattle pedestrians so reckless in crosswalks?
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wrote 5 months ago: Pedestrians in a Seattle crosswalk (via Seattle.gov) Recently, I saved two people in Seattle from de … more →
Yellow Cab at Seattle-Tacoma Airport: What 10% discount?
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wrote 6 months ago: (courtesy Puget Sound Dispatch) Maybe it’s just an extraordinarily well-kept secret in Seattle … more →
Seattle floating homes and the U.S. Supreme Court
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wrote 8 months ago: Floating homes along Lake Union in Seattle (via Wikipedia) On the legendary first Monday in October, … more →
New-arena debate in Seattle involves city's self-image
wrote 9 months ago: Unless you live in or around Seattle, you probably haven’t heard much about this. The city is … more →
Seattle's love-hate relationship with its downtown waterfront
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wrote 10 months ago: Downtown Seattle waterfront (via City of Seattle) Over the year since becoming New To Seattle, I hav … more →
Calling all behavioral economists: Stay in Seattle
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wrote 10 months ago: Work of mischief-makers near the Route 520 Bridge (via QFox13) At the start of the year I wrote ab … more →
Back to the future, in Seattle trash
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wrote 11 months ago: As I have learned since becoming New To Seattle, the city fancies itself a progressive, forward-look … more →
Signs in Seattle of .... what?
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wrote 11 months ago: One of my early posts after becoming New To Seattle last year concerned what struck me as the city … more →
Seattle Mayday Protesters Break Stuff and Look Cool Doing It
wrote 1 year ago: Happy Beltane. My street isn’t very riotous but I hear that there’s some shit going down … more →
In Seattle, an anti-government protest over bridge tolls?
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wrote 1 year ago: Route 520 Bridge across Lake Washington In early January, after tolls as high as $3.50 a throw were … more →
The richest people in Seattle--a very long time ago
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wrote 1 year ago: Holding onto a fortune can be a lot harder than amassing one. It’s an old saying, uttered long … more →
History's repeating loop in Seattle
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wrote 1 year ago: The lead story in The Seattle Times: the city’s efforts to fix an infrastructure problem. Ther … more →
How youth soccer explains Seattle
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wrote 1 year ago: In 2004 journalist Franklin Foer wrote How Soccer Explains the World, a book that attempted to detai … more →
Poor Seattle: 'Viadoom' gets far less buzz than 'Carmageddon'
wrote 1 year ago: When you’re a big-time city, things get a lot of attention in other places. Subway derailments … more →
Signless in Seattle
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wrote 1 year ago: Nearly 30 years ago, I lived for a spell in Cairo. Finding addresses around Egypt’s teeming, 2 … more →
