In a recent column about riding the empty ghost trams of Seattle’s streetcar, I noted that the one in South Lake Union is costing taxpayers more than $20 per ride. I cracked: “It would have been cheaper for the city to pay for me to hire an Uber.”...
In a vote that Councilmember Tammy Morales called a “foregone conclusion,” the city council appointed Tanya Woo to fill the vacant Position 8 council seat on Tuesday. Woo—a Chinatown-International District activist who recently led a successful campaign to stop the expansion of a Salvation Army shelter in SoDo—lost to...
Danish artist Thomas Dambo installed ‘Pia the Peacemaker’ at Sakai Park on Bainbridge Island. She’s one of several new reclaimed-wood trolls moving into the Seattle area. (Brangien Davis / Crosscut)