SEATTLE

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!!

http://www.phinneywood.com/2009/05/04/food-health-inspection-violations-in-neighborhood/
Any Red Critical violations are handled on the spot, with the inspector teaching the restaurant’s manager the proper procedures. Here are three recent bad inspections from the neighborhood:

Red Mill got tagged with 65 points of Red Critical violations on March 26, including hands not washed as required, improper methods used to prevent bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods, and improper cooking and temperature of potentially hazardous foods.

Pete’s Egg Nest received 65 points of Red Critical violations on April 21, including hands not washed as required, improper cold holding temperatures, and improper handling of pooled eggs.

El Chupacabra got hit with a combined 53 points from Red Critical and Blue Critical violations on April 21, including hands not washed as required, and garbage not properly disposed.

An inspection with 45 Red Critical points requires a re-inspection within 14 days; 90 RC points would shut the place down. A combination of 120 Red and Blue Critical points also would require a shutdown.

this is interesting
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/05/28/asphalt-alchemy-converting-streets-into-parks
The city is considering a new plan for parks: Rather than purchasing expensive private parcels of land, some of which remain as parking lots for years without funding to complete parks, the city would save money by converting streets, which the city already owns. Tonight, the parks department’s board of commissioners will hear a plan to tear up five blocks of Bell Street, between First and Fifth Avenues, whittling traffic down to one lane, and replacing the other lanes with lawns, trees, shrubs, and the like.

The project would create about 17,000 square feet of green space, says Donald Harris, the parks department’s Property and Acquisition Services Manager. "Given the high cost of land in the downtown area, more creative ways of providing park space need to be found, particularly taking advantage of already owned City infrastructure," he wrote in a letter to the parks board of commissioners on May 20. Recent purchases of private land for parks, he notes, have cost the city from $300 to $350 per square foot. By that metric, a project of this size on a city street would save about $5 million in land costs. The city would also realize savings by coinciding park construction with work by Seattle City Light, which needs to replace electrical utilities on Bell Street, and by partnering with developers, who were planning to spend money on street improvements on Bell Street anyway. The project would cost about $2.5 million, funded by last November’s pro-parks levy.

that sounds awesome. i love that part of town, why not make it even better?!