SEATTLE

the majority of the people there didn't acknowledge my existence, but they were probably thinking hmm i wonder who that special someone is

the P-I is likely to shut in the next few months

:-(

i hate their dance critic-dude is a straightup dick-but that's small consolation.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/facts/

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is the oldest morning newspaper in the state of Washington and has a following throughout the Northwest. It has been "The Voice of the Northwest since 1863."

will probably cry if/when this goes dark:

http://www.g1sat.com/images/sce/Seattle_PI_globe.jpg

themediaisdying SEATTLE PI has lost 14 from the newsroom (39 employees laid off in total). less than 10 seconds ago from TweetDeck

themediaisdying The SEATTLE-PI has been put up for sale. If it doesn't sell in 60 days, it will become web only or fold. 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck

this link is somewhere upthread but it's worth a repost because whoever does this seems to be constantly uploading photos. page 1 isn't much today but there are a bunch of great alaska-pacific expo pix on page 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/

insight into how the story broke at the PI
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/10/_please_join_me_in_the_newsroo

from http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/washington/seattle/safeco/07-04-08/index.htm
love a double exposure
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/23section337.jpg

not my pic
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/3172687157_4c016e3135.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3202426984_06c14cca68_m.jpg

The University of Washington has taken the drastic step of closing its doors to new students who want to start classes this spring.

The move, which applies only at the main Seattle campus, comes in response to budget cuts and overenrollment -- both driven by an ailing economy.

see u in march!

hey great!

setting up lunch meeting w/ that opera co! weee!

THE TOWER

first, the P-I
The best decoration for a high-rise is built in, not tacked on. It grows out of a bold, intriguing and thoughtfully detailed sculptural form. The Columbia Center still may be Seattle's best skyscraper simply because it's so strong: No other building expresses attitude, ambition and power so nakedly.

and then, the stranger:

Let's remove The Columbia Tower out of the mud of Cheek's doubt by saying this with no hesitation: It is the best skyscraper in Seattle. And this is so not only because of what it expresses ("attitude, ambition and power") but also because it facilitates cognitive mapping over the widest area. The tower can be seen from my mother's grave in the hills above Renton, and from the east side of Vashon Island, and from the Ave in the University District, and from a considerable length of Aurora Avenue. Its orienting power helps make the city readable and your place in it understandable. It connects you to the center of things—a center that radiates from this one and sure point. When you see it from Magnolia Park or Rainier Avenue or on I-5 not long after passing the exit to the airport, you feel as if you are one of many beings and buildings orbiting this core. And that feeling of being a person in an urban system is the same great feeling of being a planet in a solar system.

tehresa what will you do in seattle

things i would like to do in seattle:
prev. mentioned meeting w/ opera ppl
go see opera
meet lots of ilxors
ride a ferry
sightsee
wander
develop a feel for city
visit portland*

feel free to recommend good things!

*not actually in seattle

eat food, drink booze

hey lxy look at this there is an 18th floor garden up on your building and these are the pictures

we never talked about the 99 replacement tunnel announcement last week

that part where it goes through the tunnel wall is kind of scary

xox garden on my building xox

they call it the back yard = cutie

an artist's rendering of what seattle might look like in the future. from 1914:
http://www.vintageseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/seattle_2014_01.jpg

NO CARS!

haha that's exactly what the stranger pointed out

nice shot from golden gardens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icantshoot/3286185163/sizes/l/in/pool-52240892586@N01/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3219979837_a3d5b68e55.jpg

wow, didn't know the weyerhauser headquarters, which i've always admired from the 5, was designed by skidmore, owings & merrill

http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0110/images/11247_image_6.150.jpg

hooverville caught fire this morning

is it okay?

i guess the fire's out. the place didn't burn down completely. maybe we should swing by this evening and look @ the damage.

i hope the twilight zone is ok

my first thought!

maybe it's been dragged out to the sidewalk and we can "salvage" it

double rainbow over shilshole

Building toward a stronger economy...
University Link Groundbreaking
Join us Friday, March 6,
2 p.m.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3357108378_9ac7698084_o.jpg

ahaa now i can see the t

hey hey
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/23/daily26.html
Icelandair will begin flying four direct flights a week from Iceland to Seattle beginning July 22.

Flights from Reykjavik will be on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and flights from Seattle will be on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

LET'S GO!

http://www.draplin.com/pics/040709_get_on_top.jpg

http://www.central-cinema.com/

it looks fun. do you want to see l.a. confidential and have some pizza?

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/starbucksbuilding.jpg

http://www.thekolstrandbuilding.com/Kolstrand_Flash/index.html

http://www.phinneywood.com/2009/05/04/tangerine-thai-opens-next-to-phinney-market/

finally!

let's go!!