Last night, I participated in my first “focus group,” hosted by the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA). It brought together parents and soon-to-be parents who live in downtown to explore what works and what doesn’t work when living downtown with kids…
SDOT is holding an open house tonight for the First Hill Streetcar project that begins construction in April (via STB): Tuesday, February 285:00 – 8:00 p.m.Union Station – Ruth Fisher Boardroom401 South Jackson StreetSeattle, WA 98104 Getting There:The main entrance…
They’re not being held in our neighborhood, but if you’re interested in learning more about the impacts from this closure, see the notice from WSDOT about two upcoming open houses: At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, WSDOT will close the majority of…
King County Executive Dow Constantine was joined by developer Kevin Daniels, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott, Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark, and former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer yesterday to break ground on the long-awaited North Lot development next to CenturyLink…
This post is for those of you who want to move to Pioneer Square, but don’t know where to look or what’s available. Here’s a map of all* of the possible apartments and condos in the neighborhood: *at least I…
A few weeks ago, Metro announced route changes, including changes to the waterfront bus (route 99), which will now run on a loop that goes south on the Waterfront, and north on 1st Avenue. They also noted the following: Buses will no longer…
Pioneer Square’s King Street Station is one of 54 projects to receive federal funding as part of a statewide push to enhance high speed rail transportation. More than $18.2 million will be spent to seismically retrofit King Street Station and its clock tower,…
This Thursday, Pioneer Square businesses + residents are hosting not one, but two alley parties during First Thursday’s Art Walk. Nord Alley PartyThursday, October 75pm – 9pm Please join us for an evening of art, live music and refreshments in the…
The Pioneer Square Blitz Chess 2010 Championship was held a few weeks ago to put some zip into the neighborhood. In blitz chess, each player has five minutes to make all the moves. A second more spells sudden death. Pieces…
Sound Transit and the City of Seattle will be holding an open house at Seattle’s Hong Kong Building at the Summer Festival on Saturday, July 10th to discuss recent developments and the next steps involved with constructing the First Hill…