Posted Thu, Mar 15, 10:25 a.m.

Thanks for highlighting this wonderful example of adaptive reuse. The survival of Diocletian's Palace in Split is a miracle. Continuously inhabited for over 1700 years, it contains all the historical architectural styles from the Roman to the 20th century. I once emailed from an e-cafe in a 16th century building ...

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 8:22 a.m.

An example of the legislative finesse used in 1964: the proposed bill was split into various coherent parts and assigned to different committees, each of which had a clear purview over that part's subject matter. Washington State Senator Warren Magnuson's Interstate Commerce Committee got the section banning discrimination in interstate ...

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 10:06 a.m.

Vancouver, B.C., is the trading/shipping port to the Pacific Rim for the entire nation of Canada. And Vancouver, Wash., is...? Its mayor had better lower his expectations. --plesourd

Posted Tue, Aug 25, 11:58 a.m.

This is an intriguing analysis, David. As to Uhlman I suggest that he did have strong ideological feelings on some matters, particularly concerning the rights of women and minorities, and on how to deal with anti-Viet Nam war protests. For example, on February 6, 1970, he turned down a request ...

Posted Tue, Jun 5, 2:14 p.m.

RE: reality check for CHECC: There are two distinct parts to J.R.'s "reality check on CHECC". The first is his assertion that "the CHECC kids weren't outsiders or radicals" nor "reformers". He is correct about outsiders and radicals, but as to reformers, we need a definition. CHECC's members were reformers ...

Posted Tue, Apr 24, 10:27 a.m.

RE: An excellent article, except for what was left out: The comment by "Uncle Mike" conflates the period in Seattle's history from the mid-1960s through the 1980s into a single characterization. For example, he says that "the old stodgy councilors" were not replaced until Royer's election as mayor, which was ...