Stories for Dec. 11, 2007

A proposal: Combine South Lake Union with the University District

Tue, Dec 11, 11 a.m.

Amazon and Vulcan are ensnared in a familiar mayor-City Council tussle over developer concessions. One way to resolve these problems would be to enlarge South Lake Union and the University District into a large, vibrant, research-based area with its own distinctive flavor and zoning rules.

In Portland, the public is asked to bail out a hotel

Tue, Dec 11, 11 a.m.

By Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

That sound you heard early this morning was thousands of mouthfuls of coffee being blown out Portlanders' noses as they got to the story in the Oregonian headlined, "Hotel above Macy's overshoots its budget." And that projectile coffee didn't happen because the readers were laughing, trust me.

SSO conductor Schwarz breaks his leg while skiing

Tue, Dec 11, 10:50 a.m.

By David Brewster

Seattle Symphony conductor and music director Gerard Schwarz broke his left leg and ankle last Thursday in a skiing accident. He faces surgery later this week, the SSO reports, with full recovery expected. In fact, the athletic Schwarz was conducting a recording session this morning, seated. He returned from the slopes Friday, thinking it was just a strain, but discovered the breaks at the doctor. He's now mastering a new art--crutches. Schwarz has been told he'll have to stay off the left leg for eight weeks after surgery, but he'll keep a full conducting schedule, with aid of a seat while waving the baton. He'll be on stage for his next scheduled programs at Benaroya, the annual New Year's performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Meanwhile, well-wishers might want to suspend use of the familiar encouraging phrase among musicians, "Break a leg!"

Selling the Northwest's global genericism

Tue, Dec 11, 5:55 a.m.

By Knute Berger

One of the virtues of travel is that it gives you a chance to see how your part of the country is selling itself to the outside world. After flipping though a copy of Alaska Airlines magazine on a recent flight to San Francisco, I have to say that if Horace Greeley were shilling for regional real estate developers, he'd be saying "Go West in style, yuppie scum!" He'd take out a full-page, four-color ad to do it, too. Current real estate pitches emphasize wealth, urban amenities, and a let-them-eat cake luxury lifestyle that is the antithesis of anything remotely regional or rooted. Local color? No. Rain? What's that? Moss, mountains, a frontier spirit? Hmmm, call the valet to take out the trash.

Portland breeds another chic urban neighborhood

Tue, Dec 11, 5 a.m.

By Sam Bridges

This one is called the South Waterfront, rising along the west side of the Willamette River. It's got Portland's famous blend of good design, convenient transit, green buildings, and youthful demographics. But how well can this admired formula work with prices getting way up there?

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