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Bellevue's high-end development sold to NYC investors

Posted Mon, Mar 26, 9:23 a.m.

"The sales price was $79 million, which works out to about $250 a square foot. That's a premium number, but then rents in the Bravern are in the neighborhood of $50 a foot, so the price seems fair. Schnitzer VP Tom Woolworth called it "right in line" with expectations." Seriously? ...

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Mr. Mayor, put down that tunnel-veto pen!

Posted Thu, Feb 17, 9:49 a.m.

Well, I have to say thank you to Crosscut and the West Seattle Blog for making this letter available for all of us to read. Although I am personally numbed by the years of arguments back and forth about the tunnel, I found the Stakeholders Committee letter to be an ...

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How a 'Sputnik moment' built modern Seattle

Posted Mon, Feb 7, 12:26 p.m.

Great research on this. I guess we can thank the Red Scare for our "Science Fair". However, I'm a little surprised there was no mention of Sputnik and it's impact on the design the Space Needle. Like it or not, our most iconic structure surely resembles a Flying Saucer on ...

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Steven Holl's Seattle library that got away

Posted Thu, Feb 3, 2:35 p.m.

Except for the unfortunate "value engineering" that resulted in the deletion of the down escalator (I'm not making this up), the Downtown Library is a delight to use. As a frequent user - and one who remembers the awful conditions at the prior downtown library - I have to say ...

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What's cool about Rain City's new train

Posted Fri, Jan 8, 9:14 a.m.

Bill Angle: Although you live way up in Edmonds, you have the same issue anyone does who isn't traveling to Sea Tac from the City center. I live in View Ridge (North Seattle). I simply take the Metro 71 to the bus tunnel, buy my $2.50 Link ticket, and scurry ...

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