On Reflection
Seattle’s P-I Globe Stays Lit Awaiting Next Chapter
The globe remains a quintessential Seattle symbol even if newcomers not steeped in local lore remain oblivious to its history
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Ten years after the print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer passed into oblivion, the P-I globe persists, albeit in a diminished capacity. The girdle around its equator, sporting the brash Its in the P-I slogan, no longer rotates. And…
Amazon Will Reshape Long Island City, Crystal City in Unimaginable Ways
Residents know change is coming, but they have no idea how radically different their cities will look.
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Amazon has promised to do for its new HQ2 cities precisely what it has done for South Lake Union and downtown Seattle. And while snarled traffic and blue-badged people wandering through intersections are the dreams of any municipal planner,…
Denny Substation Does More Than Just Send Power to Homes and Businesses
The substation provides a new model for community engagement.
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Substations, the electrical distribution centers that transform voltage from high to low so it can be used in homes and businesses, are typically so utilitarian in design they barely merit a second glance. The South Lake Union 13kV Distribution…
Alaska Airlines Happily Welcomes Japan Airlines New Seattle-Tokyo Route
Take that, Delta!
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. When Japan Airlines (JAL) announced in September it would launch service between Tokyos Narita Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the usual suspects posed for the usual pictures. There was Lance Lyttle, managing director of Sea-Tac Airport; Ryan Calkins, a…