Not all Seattle coffee brands took the path of world domination
Long before Starbucks took residence in downtown Seattle, there were other local coffee brands that were favorites of consumers around Puget Sound.9 years ago
Issaquah’s Providence Heights facing demolition
Historic preservation activists are hoping Good Friday will mean new life for the old Providence Heights College on the Sammamish Plateau in Issaquah.9 years ago
Former Seattle mayor: Ed Murray’s crisis ‘very different’
Historian Feliks Banel finds that many of Seattle's mayors have hit rough patches during their terms. Even if they are not quite like Ed Murray's crisis.9 years ago
The Hank, The Bertha or Fast Eddie: Naming the new Seattle tunnel
We're just a few years away from the grand opening of the new Seattle tunnel that will replace the beleaguered Alaskan Way Viaduct.9 years ago
1972 Vancouver tornado deadliest of Washington state’s twisters
The deadly Vancouver tornado 45 years ago tore a city apart, but may have prompted deep bonds between a group of high schoolers.9 years ago
Before Bertha: The mysteries of Battery Street
As Bertha nears the finish line at the north end of the new tunnel, it’s worth pausing a moment to consider the lowly Battery Street Subway.9 years ago
The story behind historic gargoyles found in Seattle’s Civic Arena
The seemingly needless destruction of long-hidden gargoyles at Seattle Center has become something of a symbol of what happened on Thursday in spite of years of preparation by the Seattle Opera.9 years ago
Seattle’s forgotten Stanley Cup Championship
Festivities will mark the centennial of one of the most auspicious events in Seattle sports history. And it has nothing to do with the Seahawks or Mariners.9 years ago
Ornate hidden past of Seattle Center’s ‘orphan’ arena quietly being demolished
What’s hidden behind the brick wall of the 'orphan' arena in Seattle Center quietly being demolished? Nobody seems to know for sure.10 years ago
Sidewalk artifact is relic of forgotten Seattle company
Thousands of people walk over the more than 110-year-old manhole cover between Second and Third avenues that is a reminder of a forgotten Seattle company.10 years ago
St. Patrick Cemetery: Little patch of Ireland on the edge of the Kent Valley
Seattle historian Feliks Banel discovers a green gem from Ireland in the heart of the Kent Valley -- the St. Patrick Cemetery.10 years ago
Civil War General George McClellan failed in the Cascades
155 years ago this week – George McClellan was demoted by President Abraham Lincoln; McClellan had failed before in the Cascades.10 years ago
Family’s objections responsible for naming Gas Works Park
The possibility of 'hooliganism' played a role in Gas Works Park getting its name, according to Rich Haag, arguably the most influential living landscape architect in the Pacific Northwest.10 years ago
People Power created Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail
With the route for the final “missing link” to the Burke-Gilman Trail announced last month, it’s worth looking back nearly 50 years at how a group of neighbors helped to create the priceless asset.10 years ago
Saving collection led to naming of Douglass-Truth Library
A branch of the Seattle Public Library is named after two African-American icons who never set foot in the Pacific Northwest. The Douglass-Truth Library is located in a historic brick structure at the busy intersection of 23rd Avenue East and East Yesler Way in Seattle’s Central District. Related: The Seattle street named for two Roosevelts Steven […]10 years ago
Remembering the ghost towns of Seattle baseball
For years, the Mariners have set up shop in Peoria, Arizona. But go back 90 years or so, and spring training for Seattle’s pro baseball team was a little less predictable.10 years ago
The Seattle street named for two Roosevelts
Seattle historian Feliks Banel explains how a busy thoroughfare in North Seattle came to be named for Roosevelt ... twice.10 years ago
The vanishing lanes of ‘Victory Way’
The Aurora Bridge across Lake Union was dedicated 85 years ago, on the bicentennial of Revolutionary War hero and first president George Washington’s birth.10 years ago
Remembering Seattle’s ‘news out of the box’
In 1993, KIRO-TV, which was then owned by Bonneville (current owner of KIRO Radio), went live with a concept they called “news out of the box.”10 years ago
Washington attorneys general in the spotlight
Here’s a quick look back at three attorneys general from Washington who've walked into deep legal waters and found themselves in the national spotlight.10 years ago
Lessons of the past from Seattle refugees
A UW professor says for many Jewish people in Seattle, the importance of the United States remaining a welcoming place for refugees is deeply personal.10 years ago
Seattle landmarks face gold rush, World’s Fair combined
Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without beloved Seattle landmarks getting torn down and replaced with an apartment building.10 years ago
Vancouver Island’s forgotten colonial history
Friday marks a mostly forgotten anniversary of an odd but oddly resonant chapter of Pacific Northwest history north of the border in Vancouver Island.10 years ago
