1928 Cowen Park drinking fountain destroyed?
Cowen Park drinking fountain, or what's left of it Photo by Benjamin Lukoff Destroyed, removed for renovation (though that doesn't look likely) — whatever happened to it, the drinking fountain, dated 1928, that used to stand in front of the e...

Seattle Steam to resume generating electricity after 84-year hiatus
Seattle Steam Company. Photo by Flickr user jontintinjordan,some rights reserved Seattle Steam Company, about which I wrote last year when it announced it would begin burning waste wood, is about to start generating electricity for the first time sin...

Seattle Steam to resume generating electricity after 84-year hiatus
Seattle Steam Company. Photo by Flickr user jontintinjordan,some rights reserved Seattle Steam Company, about which I wrote last year when it announced it would begin burning waste wood, is about to start generating electricity for the first time sin...

Change coming to the Ave: Cavalier Building to be demolished, Rite Aid to close
Two mainstays of the University District will soon be no more. In May, I wrote about the University of Washington's plans to demolish the Cavalier, a brick apartment building at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue N.E. and N.E. Campus Parkway, t...

Washington state turns 120 on November 11, 2009
Telegram announcing Washington statehood Via Washington Secretary of State's office Via the Seattle PostGlobe — Washington state turns 120 on November 11, 2009, and the blog of the Office of the Secretary of State has posted a copy of the tele...