Ever since the Seattle Times ran an editorial last Thursday (Aug. 14) asserting that “an Issaquah case ought to remind us that the estate tax imposes a burden on families and a subtle cost on societal stability,” journalist/blogger David Goldstein has relentlessly been taking it apart on[...]
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May 17th, 2014 - 2:40 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Seattle Scene: Is it a Freeway or a Park?
Over at Crosscut, Knute Berger has a Critical Piece on the Seattle Process as Applied to the Water Front After a meandering review of the parts of the project, he sums up saying that the budget is around $1.07 billion dollars, and likely growing as redesign occurs as we wring hands about the Depar[...]
May 3rd, 2014 - 1:45 pm § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Scene.
‘World’s largest Warhol’ to bloom in Tacoma This photo rendition shows the Tacoma Dome roof with Andy Warhol’s giant flower design from 1981. Tacoma plans to try out the flower design for six months before committing to a permanent painting. The comparison of Tacoma with[...]
April 9th, 2014 - 12:20 pm § in Misc.
Why the UW Needs to Speak Out For Mass Transit
On the AAUP listserv, Robert Wood wrote about the need for public transit for the UW community: Rob’s comment: Dear Prof Schwartz, As someone who takes the bus pretty much everyday, I can see that students, staff and and faculty alike strongly rely on Metro. Yes, you are correct that [...]
April 1st, 2014 - 9:08 am § in Uncategorized
SAM Gets More Free Stuff to Put in its Sculpture Garden!
NO JOKE! New York apparently got tired of looking at listening to this thing. Some rich person bought this thing by a popular Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa. Plensa created the forty-four feet tall monolithic sculpture, ” Echo” for Madison Square Park, NY. He claims it depicts a[...]
March 6th, 2014 - 3:46 pm § in The Ave Scene
Wonderful Urban Art
Last night I went to a puboic meeting about Seattle’s new waterfront. It has some good points BUT … the artist chosen for the pubic art in Pioneer Square is Buster Simpson, Seattle practitioner of the boring Public Decor approach to art. This AM. I came across something much better in an[...]
January 3rd, 2014 - 12:05 pm § in The Ave Scene
What is blocking the tunneling machine?
The Seattle Times reports ideas from Fifth Graders Fifth-grader Marina Sanchez, writing that she felt “a bit like Nancy Drew,” captured the spirit of the essay like this: People are buzzing about what could be beneath our very own city … monster, a haunted boat, a train car. It could be ma[...]
November 4th, 2013 - 8:46 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
TA Endorses Ed Murray.
Why Is The Economist Interested in Seattle’s mayor race or the 522 initiative? Last week’s Economist had TWO articles on Seattle on about our mayoral election and one about the 522 referendum to require GMO labelling of all food. The articles are both worth reading if only becaus[...]
October 13th, 2013 - 2:56 pm § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Repricans Take King Crab Season Hostage
SEATTLE Crab Fleet Taken Hostage by Republican Patriots The Bristol Bay red king crab season is set to open Oct. 15, with a harvest of 8.6 million pounds, similar to last year. catch;At Pure Foods Fish at Pike Place Market, king crab is currently $34.50 per pound. “I could see it going up [...]
Paul Schell Dies
SMS: I remember Paul Schell for his vision as a developer who saw what Seattle could be. Before he was elected Seattle mayor, Schell funded Cornerstone, a company that begun revitalizing the waterfront eventually leading to the creation of our wonderful Harbor Steps. Schell’s career as Mayor[...]