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Posts Tagged ‘Central District’
February 16th, 2016 - 1:32 am § in The Ave Scene
Black Lives Matter But This Is Hypocrisy
So Seattle’s Central District, the home of Quincy Jones, the Garfield Jazz Band, and Jimi Hendrix, will soon be as white as Johannesburg. Once Jewish, then solidly black, this great neighborhood is now less than 20% African American and even elected a Hindu woman, a radical socialist, over a h[...]
December 13th, 2015 - 12:07 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
ANTHONY on the Central District
I have talked to a few of you about oral history of the CD and the importance of documenting it. I mentioned it to my teacher and she said that she would help me. I have used real life examples in class to give students a better understanding of why some public policy solutions actually […][...]
July 8th, 2015 - 2:31 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Scene: New Food in the CD
Nate’s Wings and Waffles is expected to open in August at 12th and E Jefferson. I hope the food is better than the Renton location … tiny pieces of chicken and less than imaginative sauces. Meantime L’il Woody’s Marcus Lalario is opening a new place, Fat’s Chic[...]
Of Sawant and Apartheid, The $700 Bet.
Last night at Drinking Liberally, David Goldstein of HorsesAss offered to bet me $700 … the amount he has contributed to her campaign this year, that she would win in the primary with over 50% of the vote. I refused to bet that much, after all David is now a hired writer for a billion[...]
April 26th, 2015 - 1:16 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Building Africatown
Ms. Helen, Chicken and Waffles and Africatown, : Visions for the future Despite our friendship with Ave author (and former Garfield HS basketball star) Anthony Washington, the athletic heritage of Garfield seems doomed unless the school begins to emulate the UW and import black men who can jump . [...]
Seattle’s Major African American Church in Crisis!
TIME FOR A NEW START AT MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Silence is consent whether it’s about small things or large. Your silence in the face of those things that are destructive to you or your family is a way of accepting tragedy without risking the scorn or anger of others by speaking up. I say [&he[...]