Googie or not, it's a landmark
Against the odds, the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board has voted to save a Ballard diner. Despite all the arguments pro and con, the final decision was really pretty simple.
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Stories for Feb. 20, 2008
Two visiting orchestras, two knockout concerts
The Academy of Ancient Music, at Town Hall, shows how in your face "old" music can be, while the Russian National Orchestra raises goosebumps at Benaroya, making Tchaikovsky almost frighteningly up-to-date.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWTear down a viaduct, and then the wars really begin
We sometimes think that Seattle alone has "the Seattle malaise," meaning long-drawn-out disputes over development that often end in stalemate or ugly compromises. We are not alone. Consider this story from San Francsisco's Octavia Boulevard, as reported by John King of the San Francisco Chronicle. It's a cautionary tale for Seattle because it involves development of an area where once loomed an elevated freeway. Tear it down and you get, well, a street fight.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWSlate goofs; Paul Allen does make the list of top 60 philanthropists
An earlier blog item on America's top philanthropists noted that the usual Northwest big donors, notably Bill and Melinda Gates and Paul Allen, were missing this past year. Turns out Slate had missed Allen's $46 million in gifts last year, putting him 49th on the list (since corrected). A spokesman for Allen notes that the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder has contributed nearly $1 billion in his lifetime to various charitable causes.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA statement by Michelle jeopardizes the Barack Obama campaign
For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country ... –Michelle Obama Illinois Sen. Barack Obama rolled up two more one-sided victories, in Wisconsin and Hawaii, last night and can drive Sen. Hillary Clinton from the field with wins in Ohio and Texas March 4. But over the past couple days, a flap has arisen over a statement by the candidate's wife, Michelle Obama, which must be set right immediately or the national media, Republicans, and the Clinton campaign will chew on it ceaselessly in the two weeks before March 4. The Michelle Obama statement Monday was taken out of context. But it was not an ad lib. It was part of a prepared text which had been delivered more than once. And unless Obama and his wife set it right immediately, it has the potential to be a campaign wrecker – if not now, certainly in the fall general election contest.
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Hitting close to home on affordability
You can blame many factors for the high cost of housing in Seattle, from growth management to infrastructure expansion. But we often overlook another reason: personal taste.
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