Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Mon, Nov 14, 2 a.m.
The affluent Seattle neighborhood is embroiled in a controversy over whether to remove a chain-link barrier on the lake shore in a public park.
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Posted Tue, Oct 25, 2 a.m.
When Congress cancelled the SST, plunging the local economy downward, the city turned to new ways to lift its spirits and spur its economy. The arts, especially rock and roll, were a key part of the rebound.
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Posted Tue, Oct 4, 2 a.m.
Puget Sound is a poster child for the problems of regional transportation planning. One big roadblock: long-standing distrust of Seattle.
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Posted Mon, Sep 12, 8:46 p.m.
The issue is fast becoming a national workers' rights crusade. Here's a survey of how the movement is going in other cities, and the arguments for and against the requirements.
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Posted Tue, Sep 6, 2 a.m.
Howard Schultz's secret plan for making America great once again.
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Posted Thu, Aug 25, noon
Howard Schultz of Starbucks is trying to start a national reform movement to get some big solutions to our big impasses. Here are some suggestions for translating these ideas to our state.
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Posted Wed, Mar 9, 7:52 a.m.
This month is the 40th anniversary of Starbucks. In this reprinted story, our author well remembers the first Starbucks store and the first day of business, March 30, 1971, since he happens to have been the very first customer.
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Posted Thu, Jan 6, 2 a.m.
There's a still a mermaid, but the company name and the chief product have walked the gang plank.
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Posted Tue, Oct 26, 2 a.m.
Well, don't let the door hit you on the way out. Washington state is about more than taxes, profits, and coddling a monied "creative class."
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Posted Thu, Jul 1, 2 a.m.
Sometimes, we humans forget the past. Maybe Seattle will get a refresher on its Wild West past, when saloons ran 24 hours a day and manly men wore six-shooters.
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Posted Thu, Apr 29, 2 a.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co. has moved, but the historic space it vacated is waiting for a new tenant with bright ideas. Adaptability and inspiration have kept Pioneer Square, and the Globe Building, going for over a century.
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Posted Mon, Mar 22, 2 a.m.
In Washington, you can carry a gun openly, unless you intend to alarm or harm people. But with gun rights advocates testing Starbucks and the law, what you legally do is still a bit fuzzy and subjective.
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Posted Sun, Dec 6, 12:53 p.m.
Seattle is famous for its global impact (think jets, coffee, software), but our success is about savvy salesmanship rather than smart invention.
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Posted Mon, Jun 22, 6 a.m.
Is the civic grass greener on the other side of the border? Two urban experts each make the case for the others' home town.
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Posted Mon, Jun 8, 6 a.m.
Judging by its latest ad campaign, Starbucks is losing touch with its customers, just as G.M. did. So here's a suggestion to turn the coffee giant around.
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Posted Thu, Apr 9, 6 a.m.
Can a Pacific Northwest utopia be shaped on the shared belief that nature is sacred? This latest installment in a series on regional identity looks at the patron saint of the environmental movement, John Muir, and how his thinking informs the desire for a new, greener, and elusive entity some call Cascadia.
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Posted Sat, Jul 5, 6 a.m.
Starbucks' "third place" concept is under pressure from laptops, McDonald's, and a decline in snob appeal.
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Posted Wed, Jun 25, 9 a.m.
If you look away from the Sonics trial for a moment, you can see warning signs that the seemingly immune local economy is actually pretty precarious.
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Posted Thu, May 8, 4 p.m.
Seattle City Hall has cracked down on drinking and clubs, it's on the verge of banning fast food and taxing plastic grocery bags, and now even plastic-bottled water is a civic sin. Switch to tap water! says the mayor. Mossback thinks enough is enough.
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Posted Thu, Apr 24, 2 p.m.
As civic icons like Safeco drift away from their Puget Sound roots, here's a look at the components of a Seattle way of doing business that built up such brands. The key was motivated employees. The poison was rapid growth.
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In the news: Everett's last working mill finds a fairy godmother; an unknown Congressional candidate flexes his popular muscle; Howard Schultz faces criticism for not walking the walk; the AP is still questioning Amanda Knox's antics; and Seattle's Catholic pet-owners turn out for iguana blessings.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 2, 11 a.m. 2011
Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.
MOREPosted Tue, Aug 23, 6:46 a.m. 2011
Online voting shows last year's winner, REI, has been toppled. And maybe Howard Schultz's turnaround of Starbucks needs to pay more attention to Seattle voters?
MOREPosted Tue, Jul 6, 2 a.m. 2010
In the past few weeks alone, we've seen five new style moves by the ever-popular hometown brand.
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 5, 7:31 a.m. 2010
Would the coffeehouse serve customers wearing nothing but their underwear? That's legal too.
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 18, 12:09 p.m. 2009
The U.W. gets further connections to Nike, with a new regent appointment. So maybe Provost Phyllis Wise doesn't need to be on the Nike board now?
MOREPosted Fri, Jul 17, noon 2009
On Seattle's Capitol Hill, the coffee company is ditching its brand for a hipper, indie-friendly make-over.
MOREPosted Tue, May 19, 6 a.m. 2009
In re-building the brand, the coffee company could find opportunity with the Great Recession's diaspora.
MOREPosted Tue, Apr 21, 6 a.m. 2009
The grieving B.C. city needs to recall how it inspired Starbucks in the first place, with a little help from Berkeley
MOREPosted Thu, Apr 2, 2 p.m. 2009
A Washington place name proposal that could make a mark in latte land.
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