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Monumental Seattle (Part 2)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by NewToSeattle

What does “The Wall of Death” say about the city? Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media | Tagged Fremont Bridge, Fremont neighborhood, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, University of Washington, Arthur Denny, Chief Seattle, Alki Point, The Wall of Death, Mowry Baden, Colin Baden, Burke-Gilman Trail, Denny Monument, New York Alki, Seattle George Monument, Buster Simpson, George Washington, Seattle Statue of Liberty, Reginald H. Parsons, Fishermen's Memorial, Ronald Petty, Hat N Boots, Lewis Nasmyth, Waiting for the Interurban, Richard Beyer, Magnuson Park, From Swords Into Plowshares, John T. Young, Hot Cha Cha, Kenny Schneider, Fire Station No. 41, Museum of History and Industry | 4 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

Calling all behavioral economists: Stay in Seattle

Posted on July 11, 2012 by NewToSeattle

Setting of tolls for waterfront tunnel project promises lots of material Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle infrastructure, Seattle drivers, Seattle Times, Amazon | Tagged Alaskan Way Viaduct, Microsoft, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Amazon.com, behavioral economics, Route 520 Bridge, Lake Washington, Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge-Evergreen Point, Seattle tolls, Route 99, Interstate 90 Seattle, Interstate 5 Seattle, Washington State DOT, Washington State Department of Transportation, QFox13 | 4 Comments

NY Times headline cites Seattle ‘bubbles of corruption’

Posted on April 10, 2012 by NewToSeattle

But it only refers to a novel Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle, Seattle economy, Seattle culture, Seattle image, Seattle media | Tagged Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Metronatural, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, Miss Seattle, Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James, Jim Lynch, New York Times, Truth Like the Sun, Roger Morgan, Helen Gulanos, J.P. Beaumont, J.A. Jance, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein | 1 Comment

The richest people in Seattle–a very long time ago

Posted on February 12, 2012 by NewToSeattle

None of their descendants rank among the wealthiest today Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle, Seattle economy, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media, Seattle history | Tagged 047, Arthur Denny, Bailey Gatzert, Bill Gates, creative destruction, Cyrus Walker, David Denny, Forbes 400, Hearst, Henry Yesler, Jacob Furth, Jeff Bezos, Joseph Schumpeter, Leigh Hunt, Mary M. Miller, New-York Tribune, Paul Allen, richest people in Seattle, Seattle billionaires, Seattle millionaires, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle YMCA, Thomas Burke, Thomas S. Lippy, Tribune 4, Watson Squire, William C. Hill, William Renton, World Almanac | 5 Comments

For whom the bridge tolls: a Seattle lesson in behavioral economics

Posted on January 4, 2012 by NewToSeattle

How many drivers will waste time and money to save $3.50 crossing Lake Washington? Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle, Seattle economy, Seattle drivers, Seattle media | Tagged Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Amazon.com, behavioral economics, Route 520 Bridge, Albert D. Rosselli, Betsy Ross Bridge, Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, Philadelphia Bulletin, Evening and Sunday Bulletin, Walmart, Southwest Airlines, Lake Washington, Philadelphia | 7 Comments

You know you’re from Seattle when …

Posted on October 5, 2011 by NewToSeattle

The quirks of the self-styled Emerald City are numerous and defining. Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle, Seattle culture, Seattle image | Tagged Black Panthers, Jay Leno, Judy Garland, Los Angeles, Mount Rainier, Seattle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattleite, Syracuse, The Wizard of Oz, Wichita, You know you're from Seattle when, You know you're in Seattle when | 4 Comments

The weedy blogs of Seattle

Posted on September 9, 2011 by NewToSeattle

It’s an untrimmed scene with occasional bursts of color. Continue reading →

Posted in Seattle, Seattle media, Seattle Times | Tagged Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle blogs and news media, PubliCola, LAObserved, SeattlePI, My Wallingford, Trophy Cupcakes, Magnolia Voice, West Seattle Blog, Seattle Bubble, Central District News, Maple Leaf Life, giant sunflower | 3 Comments

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