Getting down to business: Seattle's new trash district
With a new LEED Gold transfer station, Seattle's getting serious about garbage. Its composting system, though, still needs work.
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With a new LEED Gold transfer station, Seattle's getting serious about garbage. Its composting system, though, still needs work.
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A new study says King County is paying a high price for cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The Sacramento vs. Seattle contest heats up.
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Detroit's art revival, real-life 'Spellbound,' the sculpture park seeks indigenous inspiration and women writers gather at Hugo House.
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Guest Opinion: The average family can't afford a craftsman style home on Capitol Hill. Who are you to fault them for choosing the environmentally-friendly, well-designed modern row house?
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When Scoop Jackson wrote the Environmental Protection Act, no one could have imagined how the Internet would empower activists to dig into something like coal exports.
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Noisy is the new normal -- in the restaurant scene. And these days it’s the diners who are generating the din.
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Guest Opinion: Goodbye, parking lot. Hello, organics, more stalls, a spectacular tie to the waterfront and views that will make San Francisco jealous again.
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Why can't we be more like Vancouver? A legislative move to nullify Seattle's sick leave law. Our beaches make us tough.
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Commentary: The city has a history of having to retreat from density initiatives because developers make everyone angry with their exploitation of loopholes in rules. Herewith, a preventive prescription to encourage density and quality.
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The National Register of Historic Places has just honored the repurposed park. No wonder: The Seattle project started a whole new way of preserving and building on the past for the entire region.
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How the doomed "Ramps to Nowhere" led to somewhere: a better Seattle.
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When the need for inspiration hits, the Seattle-based author sometimes just heads to Suzallo Library and pulls books from the stacks. Something works: He has already had four books on the NY Times' bestseller list.
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Commentary: Washington state would be much better off if it did more to integrate immigrants into the education system, business and society. Here is an action plan for the new governor and Legislature.
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The light rail system lacks one thing: an information system that works for someone who doesn't already know how to get around here.
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Development can be a friend to preservation, as a Tom Douglas restaurant has shown. But a lot is at risk.
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Seafair recieved official notice Tuesday that there will be no Blue Angels at this summer's Seafair. There had been speculation about the Blue Angel's perfomance because of federal spending cuts.