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As Madison BRT hits next design milestone, residents beg and bargain over bus stop locations

Residents of the Madison Parkview Condominium building have collected more than 120 signatures on a petition urging the Transportation Department to relocate a proposed rapid transit bus stop outside their building.

Seattle Asian Art Museum closes for renovation and expansion

First six months set for design, relocation

The contentious expansion of the museum’s footprint remains under review by Seattle Parks and Recreation.

Northwest Garden Show: A cure for the winter blues

 If you can’t wait for spring to arrive, don’t despair—you can preview the beautiful sights, smells and tastes of spring at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show this year from February 22-26 at the Washington State Convention Center.

Teresa Kolo treads new territory in album 'Brave Girl'

Local singer/songwriter Teresa Kolo hasn’t got much body modesty. She’s not exactly an exhibitionist, but she was proud to pose wearing not a great deal for the cover of her new album “Brave Girl,” which came out Valentine’s Day.

Madison Valley Community Council drafts new bylaws, set to ratify at March 8 meeting

The nonprofit that establishes itself as a democratic forum and government go-between for Madison Valley residents enacted its current bylaws in 1998. Those bylaws take up one page concerning the bounds of the neighborhood, membership eligibility, meeting frequency, general officerships and voting procedure.

Council passes expanded paid family and parental leave

New birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents and guardians now eligible for 12 weeks of leave from the city

The leave benefits are expected to cost the city $2.3 million annually. The ordinance was sponsored by the full council.

Theatrical, artistic, surreal and evocative

Put Chamaecyparis in a choice place in your landscape and all its spookiness or humor or artiness dissipates as you watch what becomes one of your favorite plants mature into something that has everyone asking “What is that?”

Regain control of your entertainment budget

Left unmonitored, expenses can slowly grow out of control.

The Iceman Cometh

Early Saturday morning, a short 66 years ago, I took the No. 11 bus and found myself standing on the corner of Broadway and Pike, right where the QFC is now.

Growing Yacón in the Northwest

Spanish conquistadors first brought potatoes from the Andes to Europe in the 1530s, but ignored other root and tuber crops cultivated by the Incan people.

Market Musings: Here we go again...

All signs are pointing to yet another year where supply outstrips demand in Seattle’s housing market. 

Departed Pronto, we hardly knew you

Seattle bike share, RIP

It would be easy to blame Mayor Ed Murray for pulling the plug on Pronto. But the City Council approved a budget in late November that anticipated Pronto’s end this March.

Residential Development need not comply with zoning nor environmental laws

Living beside four new Madison Valley construction projects in the past five years has given me a first-hand view of differences that exist between residential and commercial building in Seattle.

Documentary seeks interview subjects at Red Apple

Documentary filmmaker Jill Freidberg’s successful 4Culture grant allows her and collaborators like Domonique Meeks, Henry Luke, and many others to record stories about the Red Apple and about the neighborhood. 

Take back the falls (and the country)

The incoming total-control regime in Washington, D.C., and its egomaniacal central figure are existentially frightening in their threat to every aspect of the American republic, its people and, by extension, all the peoples of the globe.