These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.
READ MORE | 19 COMMENTSExpansion at the Port of Tacoma is good news there, and bad news in Seattle. Tacoma, Seattle, and sports fans all over the Northwest may be united in hoping Peyton Manning would want to come here. But why would the QB want to come here?
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The Kalakala still floats, for now, plus Seattle's plywood "space shuttle," demolition fight in Spokane, and other preservation news.
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Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.
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In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.
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The country struggles to recover from its lost decade and the earthquake. The Seattle economy is quite dependent on Japan, and we have lessons to learn from their strategic approaches.
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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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The county prepares to welcome fast-shuffling, TV-style digital billboards. But Tacoma tells Clear Channel to take a hike and turn out the lights.
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A veteran observer of ports around the country argues that elected port commissioners, as in Seattle and Tacoma, are far preferable to ports that must serve the wishes of mayors or other politicians.
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The free-trade agreement is getting close, though the politics is still divisive. Here's a look at how strong are the trade bonds between the Northwest and this Asian tiger, and it's far more than jetliners.
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSWashington Low Income Housing Alliance hosted Sen. Cantwell and affordable housing advocates at a forum in the impressively renovated Salishan neighborhood. Cantwell said her bill supports a "win-win-win" federal strategy.
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New data about our region show where the families and singles are concentrating, how gentrification is affecting Seattle, and what kind of households are in dense, job-rich areas.
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A recent UW Press book tells how Emma Smith DeVoe, a brilliant community organizer long before the practice became an industry, parlayed traditional feminine values into new political power.
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSA daughter-in-law pays tribute to a beloved mainstay of good causes and the arts in Seattle.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
News Tribune reports a tiger sighting, but search attempts fail to produce results. Meanwhile, the invisible tiger has time to tweet under the handle Puyallup_Tiger.
The closure of the nationally watched trial brings relief for relatives of Susan Cox Powell, the defendant's daughter-in-law who disappeared in 2009 and is presumed to have been killed by hew now-deceased spouse, Josh Powell.
Two Tacoma libraries recently closed due to budget cuts are on the market.
Callaghan writes, "When city-owned convention centers struggle, the politicians hire consultants."
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