Stories for Sept. 17, 2007

Does Seattle have too many historic landmarks?

Mon, Sep 17, 5 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A preservationist questions the current boom in landmark nominations, wondering if people with NIMBY agendas are hurting the process by trying to lower the bar for historic properties. He also steps into the middle of the Ballard Denny's conroversy.

A P.R. war that could be seen as the neighbors vs. sick kids

Mon, Sep 17, 5 a.m.

By O. Casey Corr

But it's more complicated than that. In fighting expansion at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, the Laurelhurst neighborhood gets one black eye after another.

The ZIP code obsesity disparity: a solution

Mon, Sep 17, 5 a.m.

By Steve Clifford

Skinny people are excluded from certain neighborhoods in Seattle, and our Flip Side writer has, of course, a modest proposal to address this injustice.