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• Sixth and Union A storm that still carries a sting

  ...idea that it wasn't violence if an anarchist did it was absurd. Later, at Sixth and Union when the police began to fire gas and pellets at peaceful protesters, you could hear...

  Published by Crosscut on December 2, 2009.

• Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street Seattle Marathon course saves the worst (and hilliest) for last

  The start: You’re at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street in front of the Seattle Center, in a sea of people spilling over the street...

  Published by Crosscut on November 27, 2009.

• 309 Cedar Street Crosscut's new approach: journalism in the public interest

  In late September we relocated from downtown to our very own little building on 309 Cedar Street at the north end of Belltown. We've tripled our space, and find ourselves happily...

  Published by Crosscut on November 18, 2009.

• 1811 Eastlake Ending homelessness: How are we doing?

  ...homeless numbers aren’t rising at commensurate rates, Block said, partly because projects such as 1811 Eastlake have successfully housed chronically homeless disabled people. Nearly 4,000 units of capital housing and...

  Published by Crosscut on October 29, 2009.

• 24th and Newton Fall is in the air, and on Seattle's street signs

  ...names — so far — but plenty of blades with missing directional designators, and a couple at 24th and Newton that make sense, but only in a convoluted manner. The copyeditor in me likes to...

  Published by Crosscut on October 27, 2009.

• 5520 University Way NE Shiga's Garden: fittingly, a story of sunshine and cooperation

  ...Volunteers and donors are invited to check Gianas’s work party schedule and come to 5520 University Way NE, two doors north of the University Theater...

  Published by Crosscut on October 13, 2009.

• Fourth & Broad Bryan Johnson's golden anniversary

  ...Saturday, marks an almost unbelievable 50 years with the local TV and radio operation at Fourth & Broad. Fifty years is a long time in any business. It’s rare in broadcasting, and...

  Published by Crosscut on October 10, 2009.

• 1811 Eastlake Homes, not handcuffs

  ...those recognized in Homes Not Handcuffs as offering “constructive alternatives to criminalization." The authors cite 1811 Eastlake, which provides permanent housing with on-site services for 75 chronically homeless alcoholics, as a...

  Published by Crosscut on September 29, 2009.

• 5th and Madison How to craft a better Seattle

  The 5th and Madison high-rise downtown was built on the site of a drive-thru bank and parking...

  Published by Crosscut on September 15, 2009.

• Aurora at Harrison Mercer Plan has a new price tag: $290 million

  ...Aurora just north of the Battery Street tunnel and "reconnecting the grid" with overpasses across Aurora at Harrison, Thomas, and John Streets. That portion of Broad Street that now angles under Aurora from...

  Published by Crosscut on September 10, 2009.

• S. Hanford and McClintock The enduring wisdom of Mom & Pop

  ...war Southeast Asian immigration. It's now been there for over 25 years. The Beanery (S. Hanford and McClintock), across from Franklin High, was a candy/malt shop that served many generations of students...

  Published by Crosscut on September 3, 2009.

• S. Walden and Rainier Ave. The enduring wisdom of Mom & Pop

  ...is an old Coca Cola sign that still hangs on the building. York's Grocery (S. Walden and Rainier Ave.) was torn down, but became a Vietnamese grocery, Mekong Rainier, during the post-war Southeast...

  Published by Crosscut on September 3, 2009.

• 36th S. and York Rd. The enduring wisdom of Mom & Pop

  The Cash Grocery (36th S. and York Rd.) near John Muir Elementary school has been converted into apartments. The only indication the lower...

  Published by Crosscut on September 3, 2009.

• 30th Ave. S and McClellan The enduring wisdom of Mom & Pop

  The Dallas Grocery (30th Ave. S and McClellan), run by Greek immigrant Mr. Dallas, has now been remodeled as a hair salon. Dallas...

  Published by Crosscut on September 3, 2009.

• Elliott and Wall Secular Seattle is full of theology schools

  Newer entries into seminary education field in Seattle include Mars Hill Graduate School, located at Elliott and Wall in the Belltown area of downtown Seattle, and School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle...

  Published by Crosscut on September 2, 2009.

• Rainier Avenue at McClellan Baseball's Brigadoon: the Seattle Pilots

  ...league baseball, the one season played by the home town Seattle Pilots. Sicks Stadium on Rainier Avenue at McClellan was a sometime venue for rock concerts, from Elvis to Jimi Hendrix, but more familiarly...

  Published by Crosscut on August 20, 2009.

• Third and Lander How I learned to love the bag fee

  ...out by Allied Waste when dumped by the recycle truck at the waste station at Third and Lander in SODO. Or blown around the city landscape as litter. Or, if it’s plastic...

  Published by Crosscut on August 4, 2009.

• Beacon Hill near McClellan Street Joy ride

  The Rainier Valley ride was a kind of revelation. Headed south, you burst out of Beacon Hill near McClellan Street. I used to walk down McClellan each day after school at Asa Mercer, so it...

  Published by Crosscut on July 22, 2009.

• Othello and Myrtle Joy ride

  ...with all the intriguing street-level shops and restaurants around Othello Station. Along MLK between Othello and Myrtle, the street is lined with shops and strip malls with Vietnamese restaurants, Mexican taquerias, Asian...

  Published by Crosscut on July 22, 2009.

• Mount Baker Blvd. and Rainier Ave. Walking the light rail line

  ...to be torn down and replaced with a much larger one, near the intersection of Mount Baker Blvd. and Rainier Ave., you can see maybe a dozen downtown office high-rises sticking up over a far...

  Published by Crosscut on July 9, 2009.

• 2014 Yesler Can we save the old Horace Mann School?

  ...El Centro de la Raza in Beacon Hill. She suggests bringing in programs like Yesler 2014 Yesler 2014, the summer employment program sponsored by the Housing Authority in 2008 that taught urban...

  Published by Crosscut on July 2, 2009.

• E. Cherry St. and 24th Can we save the old Horace Mann School?

  ...of Nova alternative high school have been evicted from the 100-year-old building on E. Cherry St. and 24th, where their school program had been since 1975. They are being sent to Capitol Hill...

  Published by Crosscut on July 2, 2009.

• 4408 Delridge Way Frank Cooper, the man who shaped Seattle's neighborhood character

  ...1906 and moved in 1917 into a handsome brick building, designed by Edgar Blair, at 4408 Delridge Way. That building was recently converted into the Youngstown Arts Center, a flourishing community center that...

  Published by Crosscut on June 23, 2009.

• Terry and Thomas Green building: some new winners

  ...experiencing savings of 50 percent of energy costs." The building, named for its location at Terry and Thomas streets, is owned by a group that includes Thompson. The architects occupy 65 percent of...

  Published by Crosscut on April 20, 2009.

• Sixth and Wall The Globe and I

  ...the question of what to put atop the P-I’s brand new building at Sixth and Wall...

  Published by Crosscut on April 8, 2009.

• 6th and Wall As the Globe turns

  ...back to its original location atop the wonderful, 1940s Art Deco P-I building at 6th and Wall. For those whose highest priority is architectural and historical integrity, the goal would be to...

  Published by Crosscut on March 31, 2009.

• Third South and Lander School board ratifies the superintendent's closure plan

  ...the lobby outside the school board’s meeting room in the central office building at Third South and Lander, but there’s nothing even a large group of parents can do to reverse the...

  Published by Crosscut on January 30, 2009.

• Aurora Ave. N at North 90th St. Closing schools: here's a better way

  ...gets the option to move to Wilson Pacific, a former Junior High School building near Aurora Ave. N at North 90th St. The building is fairly central, which is helpful for a school designed to be an...

  Published by Crosscut on January 22, 2009.