An open letter to white-collar Seattle transplants
Hey there! How are you enjoying the city so far? Yep, it does rain a lot. No shit, you live in Cap Hill? Sure, it can get crazy on the weekends. You pay how much for rent? Yeah there are a lot of uh,...
View ArticleFun Quiz! Gentrification: Are you doing it right?
At the corner of MLK and Cherry in the Central District, businesses that have been in the neighborhood for decades are side-by-side with newcomers. (Photo by Alex Stonehill) The new hot topic around...
View ArticleNothing Compares 2 U: Artist Troy Gua’s complicated relationship with Prince
“Raspberry Beret” by Troy Gua. Seattle artist Troy Gua doesn’t hesitate to name Prince as his biggest influence. Gua’s photo series “Le Petit Prince,” which features a miniature Prince doll replicating...
View ArticleDeCharlene & Goliath: A Black business pioneer outlasts Seattle developers
DeCharlene Williams, inside the Central District building that she’s owned since 1968. (Photo by Chloe Collyer) When DeCharlene Williams was looking to buy a building to run her small business out of,...
View ArticleWill Grandma have a place in the new Chinatown-International District?
This building at 8th and Lane St. in the Chinatown International District is slated to be redeveloped into a 14-story hotel. (Photo by Alex Stonehill) My Pau Pau is an 87-year-old woman with a...
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