smith tower construction, from seattle municipal archive
- The 1914-built Smith Tower is up for sale in a foreclosure auction. It comes four years after a condo-conversion scheme for Seattle’s first skyscraper was born, and three years after the scheme died. Let’s hope someone shows up who can bring the classy place back to glory.
- Could it be? Could it be? Could there really be snow in Seattle next week? I hope I hope I hope….
- One of those silly magazine surveys ranked Seattle as America’s fifth “gayest” city. Number one: Salt Lake City!
- Update: When we wrote last week about a scheme to bring the National Hockey League to Seattle, we noted a state legislator with a plan to help fund a new arena. The state rep’s name is Mike Hope (R-Lake Stevens). His plan: Have visiting teams pay a licensing fee to play there. No local taxpayer funds involved.
- David Goldstein again righteously picks apart the Seattle Times editorial board for its near-right-wing hypocrisies.
- The headline says it all: “New York Times Crossword Puzzlemaster Schooled on Definition of ‘Illin”.“
- Fun with reactionaries: “Rick Santorum Quotes as New Yorker Cartoons.” (Well, actually as new captions to pre-existing New Yorker cartoons.)
- You don’t have to be a gamer to get valuable schooling in non-linear narrative design from the original Legend of Zelda.
