Category Archives: Seattle history

Monumental Seattle (Part 4)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by NewToSeattle

Public art depicts nothing–or something Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle neighborhoods | Tagged Angie's Umbrella, Benson Shaw, Catherine Mayer, Columbia Tower, Confederate War Veteran's Memorial Seattle, Diane Keaton, Fremont neighborhood Seattle, Giant Red Popsicle, He and She in Seattle, He sculpture Seattle, Henry Moore, Howard Garnitz, Jack Nicholson, Jim Pridgeon, John T. Young, Leif Erikson statue Seattle, Martin Selig, People Waiting For The Interurban, Pike Place Market, Pop Art, Pop Art movement, Regrade Park, Richard Beyer, Seattle public art, Seattle Tulip, Seinfeld, She sculpture Seattle, Something's Gotta Give, The Intinerant, The Wall of Death sculpture, Three Dogs Chasing A Rat, Tom Wesselmann, Vertebrae sculpture | 2 Comments

Monumental Seattle (Part 3)

Posted on April 17, 2013 by NewToSeattle

Did you know about the local tribute to Confederate veterans? Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media, Seattle politics | Tagged 1201 Third Avenue Building, Alaska Gold Rush, Allen G. Newman, Alonzo Victor Lewis, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Anne Poirier, Charles Lindbergh, Confederate War Veteran's Memorial Seattle, Edward G. Messett, Empire Builder, Family Watching TV sculpture Seattle, Finn Frolich, George Washington statue Seattle, Great Northern Railway, Hker Memorial Statue Seattle, James J. Hill, James Wehn, King Broadcasting, KING-TV, Ku Klux Klan, Lake View Cemetary, Lorado Taft, Magnuson Park, Martin Luther King Jr., New Archetypes sculpture Seattle, Patrick Poirier, Richard Beyer, Robert E. Lee Chapter 885, Round-The-World Flight Monument, Sand Point Airdrome, Sand Point Airfield, Seattle monuments, Stone Mountain, Tom Brokow, United Daughters of the Confederacy, University of Washington, WaMu, Washington Mutual Bank, Washington Mutual Tower, World Flight Monument | 1 Comment

Folks in Seattle don’t dress for the rain

Posted on April 3, 2013 by NewToSeattle

Umbrellas and raincoats are rarely seen. Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle weather | Tagged Chief Seattle, Guatemala hat, KNDD, KPLU, no raincoats in Seattle, no umbrellas in Seattle, palm hat, Seattle Freeze, Seattle rain, Tacoma, VisitSeattle | 1 Comment

Stamping out bad notaries around Seattle

Posted on March 19, 2013 by NewToSeattle

Loose practices lead to dozens of sanctions Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle crime, Seattle history, Washington State government | Tagged crooked notaries, Dorothy Halstien, Frank DeMarco Jr., Jerry Brown, Klem v Washington Mutual Bank, Mary Hernandez, Nicholas D. Harvey, notary, notary public, Notary Public Program, pre-presidential papers, Quality Loan Service Corp., R. Tassle, Richard Nixon, Roswell Incident, Seattle notaries, Seattle notary, Tom Chambers, WaMu, Washington Mutual Bank, Washington Public Records Act, Washington State government, Washington State notary public, Washington Supreme Court | Leave a comment

A song in ‘The Music Man’ suggests ‘Seattle Stubborn’

Posted on February 15, 2013 by NewToSeattle

Famous tune in local production evokes thoughts of the Seattle Freeze Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle weather | Tagged 5th Avenue Theatre, Damn Yankees, Harold Hill, Iowa Stubborn, Meredith Willson, Noah Racey, Oklahoma, River City, Seattle Freeze, Seattle Stubborn, Seattle weather, The Music Man, The Wells Fargo Wagon, UPS | Leave a comment

Seattle influence in, of all places, Antarctica

Posted on January 7, 2013 by NewToSeattle

More than a dozen features are named for local persons Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle media, Seattle Times, Starbucks | Tagged Admiral Byrd, Antarctica, Arthur H. Sulzberger, Bernard Hallet, Block Bay, Block Peak, Board on Geographic Names, Charles F. Raymond, Conway Ice Ridge, Edwin D. Waddington, G.C. Hamilton, Gonzalo J. Hernandez, Grootes Peak, Hallet Valley, Hearst Island, Hernandez Valley, Howard B. Conway, Howard Heights, Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, J. Hoover Mackin, Joseph L. Pulitzer, Mackin Table, McClatchy Co., Minze Stuiver, Misch Crag, Mount Hamilton, Mount Iphigene, Mount Pulitzer, Nadine A. Nereson, Nereson Glacier, Paul Block, Peter Misch, Pieter Meiert Grootes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Raymond Ice Ridge, Redman Pond, Regina Redman, Richard E. Byrd, Rodriquez Pond, Row W. Howard, Russell Rodriquez, Stephen G. Warren, Stuiver Valley, Sulzberger Bay, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Washington, Volunteer Park, Waddington Glacier, Warren Ridge, Washington Escarpment, William Block, William H. Seward, William randolph hearst | Leave a comment

Seattle media go nuts over prediction of minimal rain

Posted on October 11, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Prediction of minor weather event tops local news Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle media, Seattle weather, Seattle history | Tagged Seattle rain, Seattle Times, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, KING5, KONG-TV, Jim Forman, Seattle schizophrenic, KING-TV, Groundhog Day, Bill Murray, bad Seattle drivers | Leave a comment

The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister? Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Starbucks | Tagged Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Craig McCaw, Forbes 400, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, New-York Tribune, Nordstrom, Oakley, Paul Allen, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer | 2 Comments

Chief Seattle statue’s 100th birthday recalls city’s grabby origins

Posted on September 17, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Realizing the inevitable, he made the best of a bad situation Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle media | Tagged Alki Point, Chief Leshi, Chief Seattle, Denny party, Denny Way, Duwamish Tribe, George Vancouver, James Wehn, Leschi neighborhood, Nisqually Tribe, Peter Puget, Puget Sound, Seattle Founders Day, Space Needle | 5 Comments

Does a 1941 description of Seattle still ring true?

Posted on September 3, 2012 by NewToSeattle

‘Farthest Reach,’ by Nancy Wilson Ross, provided an unflattering view Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle Times | Tagged Andrew Carnegie, Farthest Reach, Farthest Reach: Washington and Oregon, Glenn Hughes, Lewis Mumford, Marie Newberger, Muriel Draper, Nancy Wilson Ross, Pike Place Market, Scientific American, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle segregation, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Times, University of Washington, Virginia Boren | 3 Comments

New-arena debate in Seattle involves city’s self-image

Posted on August 18, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Do residents want a big-time city, or not? Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle sports, Starbucks | Tagged CenturyLink Field, Chris Hansen, Howard Schultz, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, porposed Seattle arena, Safeco Field, SuperSonics | Leave a comment

Seattle’s love-hate relationship with its downtown waterfront

Posted on July 16, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Tourists seem more interested in it than the locals. Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle history, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media, Seattle neighborhoods, Seattle sports, Seattle Times | Tagged Alaskan Way Viaduct, Belltown, Olympic Sculpture Park, Pike Place Market, Salt Lake Tribune, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle great wheel, Seattle tourism, Seattle waterfront | 3 Comments

Monumental Seattle

Posted on June 9, 2012 by NewToSeattle

The city’s considerable number of public statues and memorials is revealing Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image | Tagged Brandon Lee, Brandon Lee grave, Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee grave, Chief Seattle statue, Christopher Columbus statue Seattle, Daryl Smith, Douglas Bennet, Father and Son statue Seattle, Fremont Seattle, Fremont Troll, Hai Ying Wu, James Wehn, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix statue, John McGraw, John McGraw Seattle, John McGraw statue, Lake View Cemetery Seattle, Leif Erikson statue Seattle, Lenin statue Seattle, Louise Bourgeois, McGraw Square Plaza, Occidental Park Seattle, Richard E. Brooks, Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Seattle Troll, The Miser statue, Tom Otterness, Volunteer Park Seattle, William H. Seward, William H. Seward statue | 10 Comments

Different search engines see a different Seattle

Posted on May 13, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Inclusions and omissions are interesting Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle media, Seattle politics, Seattle suburbs, Seattle Times, Seattle weather | Tagged Bing, Duck Duck Go, Google, Greg Nickels, Mahalo, Microsoft, Mike McGinn, Space Needle, Starbucks, SuperSonics, Wikipedia, Yahoo | 1 Comment

Seattle by the numbers

Posted on May 8, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Answers to questions I get asked by friends elsewhere Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle crime, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle politics, Seattle soccer, Seattle weather, Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Denny, Barack Obama, city-data.com, Denny family, Seattle Bubble.com, Seattle real estate | 7 Comments

Category Archives: Seattle history

Monumental Seattle (Part 4)

Monumental Seattle (Part 3)

Folks in Seattle don’t dress for the rain

Stamping out bad notaries around Seattle

A song in ‘The Music Man’ suggests ‘Seattle Stubborn’

Seattle influence in, of all places, Antarctica

Seattle media go nuts over prediction of minimal rain

The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Chief Seattle statue’s 100th birthday recalls city’s grabby origins

Does a 1941 description of Seattle still ring true?

New-arena debate in Seattle involves city’s self-image

Seattle’s love-hate relationship with its downtown waterfront

Monumental Seattle

Different search engines see a different Seattle

Seattle by the numbers

William P. Barrett

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