Tag Archives: seattle
Repeat offenders, real estate edition
I wish I had caught on sooner. Just a word to unsuspecting home sellers in the Seattle area to hopefully save you some trouble. My grandparent’s place is on the market. We’ve had 4 offers on it, all of which … Continue reading
My neighborhood in 1962
Item #63791 from the Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection: Fairview and Lynn, minus my apartment building, September 1962. No Pete’s Market either. It does appear that Robert in Yellow House’s house is there though.
R.I.P. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle P-I announced today that it will publish it’s last print edition tomorrow, March 17th. After that it will go online only. What the online version will look like, how Hearst will staff it, and what kinds of news … Continue reading
City of Seattle Proposition No. 2 Parks Levy
The City of Seattle’s Proposition 2 concerns increased property taxes for six years for parks purposes. If approved, this proposition would fund acquiring, developing and restoring parks, recreation facilities, cultural facilities, green spaces, playfields, trails, community gardens, and shoreline areas; … Continue reading
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City of Seattle Proposition No. 1 Pike Place Market Levy
The City of Seattle’s Proposition No. 1 concerns increased property taxes for six years for Pike Place Market. If approved, this propsition would fund seismic, safety, energy-saving, and other basic infrastructure improvements at the publicly-owned Pike Place Market, last renovated … Continue reading
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Plastic Bags at Sea
Danny Westneat at the Seattle Times writes that plastic bags are a tiny fraction of sea trash. Although the mayor’s press release on the proposed plastic bag fees notes that plastic bags are particularly harmful to marine life as compared … Continue reading