Politics
Threatened landmark with powerful connections
An obscure 92-year-old Bainbridge Island school building, facing demolition, has ties to the birth of Bill Gates' alma mater.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Politics
Dale Chihuly's big footprint
Turns out, glass-blowing has a very big carbon footprint. A single studio can release more carbon than 100 households.
Politics
City's landmark-preservation process on trial
Preservationists have made a federal case out of the sale of the Federal Reserve Bank's Seattle branch, putting the city's landmark process under scrutiny and raising questions about whether our heritage laws are being followed.
Seattle & King County
Seattle's last unnamed places
How the city could enrich and rejuvenate its urban landscape by naming its alleys. It's a win for both heritage and sustainability.
Culture
Got names? Ideas for new Seattle street names
Here's a roster of Seattle worthies who could be immortalized on our city maps, honored by signs on streets or unnamed alleyways.