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Travel and Outdoors
A look at the history behind Seattle’s 37 Olmsted parks
37 of our local parks were designed by the same landscaping design firm that created New York City’s Central Park.
March 15, 2024 06:18 PM
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Culture
Seattle’s Music Mount Rushmore Closeup: Kurt Cobain
We’re celebrating the grunge icon’s local roots.
March 8, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Culture
City Editor Gabe’s favorite stories from SEAtoday
From red goo in Wallingford to Sue Bird’s swan song.
February 26, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
Culture
All that jazz: How Quincy Jones got his start in Seattle
The Garfield High alum played for the likes of Billie Holiday when he was a teenager.
February 20, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
Sports
Seattle’s Rat City Roller Derby celebrates 20th anniversary
The Rat is back and playing in Edmonds.
February 20, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
City
How locals can show a landmark building some love
Historic Seattle’s Heart Bombing event is at the Inscape Arts and Cultural Center this year.
February 12, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
History
The Call to Conscience Black History Month museum has a message
Rainier Avenue Radio is hosting the pop-up throughout February at the Columbia City Theater.
February 8, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
Food
Ezell’s Famous Chicken celebrates its 40th anniversary
The restaurant is giving to charity and bringing back retro unis to mark the occasion.
February 2, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
Real Estate
Hot Homes: Amazon’s birthplace highlights area’s vast change
Jeff Bezos launched a little online bookselling biz from this Bellevue pad’s garage in 1994 — and the home is for sale again.
February 2, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
City
Meet Seattle’s sister cities
Seattle has 20 sister cities that span from Reykjavik, Iceland to Mombasa, Kenya to Kobe, Japan.
February 1, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Culture
Bridge Artists in Residence program goes to new heights
Local artists created data visualizations while working at the Fremont and University bridges.
January 25, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
Play
Your ultimate guide to tours of Seattle
Explore the Emerald City through its history, food, drink, and nature on these tours.
January 18, 2024
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Robin Schwartzkopf
Weather
Remembering Seattle’s coldest day on record
The city saw temperatures drop to zero in January of 1950.
January 11, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
History
Seattle decades: the 1960s
Advancements from Boeing, the addition of the SuperSonics, and the World Fair made the 1960s quite the time to live in Seattle.
January 4, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Sports
Fun facts about UW’s upcoming national title battle
The Huskies take on the Michigan Wolverines Monday, Jan. 8.
January 2, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Music
Why Seattle’s so passionate for the classic rock band Heart
The legendary group returns to Seattle for a New Year’s Eve show.
December 20, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
History
Seattle preps for ‘Boys in the Boat’ movie release
A variety of exhibits, tours, and movie screenings are being hosted around the city.
December 19, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Live
A neighborhood guide to Pioneer Square
Seattle’s “original downtown” has a lot to offer these days, between arts galleries, delicious food, and solid public transit.
December 11, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
City
Seattle Decades: the 1910s
Let’s take a look back at what the city looked like over a century ago.
December 8, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Culture
Candy Cane Lane lights up Seattle’s holidays
The annual tradition goes back more than 70 years.
December 4, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Real Estate
Hot Homes: Historic storybook abode near Roanoke Park
The garden is perfect for dishing tea party gossip about your suitors.
November 28, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
City
New guide helps you navigate dozens of Seattle Olmsted parks
Traverse the route from Ballard to Rainier Beach.
November 24, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Music
Seattle’s Music Mount Rushmore Closeup: Jimi Hendrix
We celebrate the guitar icon’s local roots.
November 24, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Sports
Fruitful rivals: History of UW and WSU’s Apple Cup
The tradition goes back more than a century.
November 20, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Culture
Meet the Native carver behind the Summit’s welcome figures
Groundbreaking artist Andrea Wilbur-Sigo carved the Mowitch Man and the Creator.
November 2, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
City
Looking back on Bartell Drugs’ local history after bankruptcy
There’s never been a better time to support locally owned-pharmacies.
October 23, 2023
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
City
Take a stroll through Georgetown’s haunted history
From a ghostly steam plant to a creepy castle.
October 13, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Culture
First stills revealed from ‘The Boys in the Boat’ movie
George Clooney’s adaptation is coming out on Christmas Day.
October 5, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
City
Charged Up: A brief history of Seattle’s electric vehicles
We’ve been plugging in cars since the original Tesla (Nikola) was still around.
October 5, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Culture
Late bartending legend Murray Stenson’s most famous drink
The Last Word epitomized what Stenson was all about.
September 25, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Real Estate
Hot Homes: One of Seattle’s oldest mansions is for sale
The Queen Anne home has breathtaking views and an absurd amount of chandeliers.
September 25, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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