The Times asks readers to help redesign Seattle Center, the urban park that houses the Space Needle, Key Arena, The Experience Music Project, The Pacific Science Center, and several performing arts venues. The entries are pretty entertaining to look at. I think this one is my favorite (PDF link). Visit site »
This does it — I gotta move to South Lake Union. :)
Hough-Beck and her husband sold their house in View Ridge after their daughter went off to college. They bought a 735-square-foot, one-bedroom condo at 2200 Westlake. Now she calls Whole Foods her pantry, considers downtown her playground, and looks forward to taking the streetcar to a float plane on Lake Union and flying to her Hood Canal beach house without getting in a car. Visit site »
A nicely-done piece by The Times showing home values for Seattle’s neighborhoods and suburbs. Predictably, most of the neighborhoods I’d like to buy in (Fremont, Ballard, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Lower Queen Anne, Lake Union, and Belltown) are among the most expensive. Figures. I guess that’s what I get for being unwilling to move from central Seattle. Visit site »