Currents

What Downtown Seattle Says about Downtown Seattle

Talking to people who live and work in an area that has become the nexus for debates about the issues facing our city, including crime and addiction.

03/30/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

$600K Showdown

Price Point: Downtown Condo vs. West Seattle Rambler

Both these Seattle homes for sale from Windermere are listed for around $600,000. Which one do you think is the better deal?

01/20/2022 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Home Sweet Home

These 3 Buyers Survived Seattle’s Wild Real Estate Market

They survived the housing search. Here's how they did it.

11/02/2021 By Sarah Anne Lloyd Photography by Kyle Johnson

PSA

A New Downtown Vaccination Hub Opens Tomorrow at Amazon

Amazon, Swedish, and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health partnered with the city to bring vaccines and booster shots to downtown Seattle.

10/22/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Currents

The Fight to Preserve Pike Place Market Isn't Over

Fifty years after a vote saved one of Seattle’s most famous landmarks, the historical commission that protects its character faces neglect from the city.

10/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Bicycle Diaries

Never Have I Ever: Commuted via Bike

A casual weekend bicycle enthusiast straps on a helmet and heads to work downtown.

09/16/2021 By Allison Williams

Home Shopping

Which Area of Seattle Real Estate Didn't Cool Off This August?

Home sales numbers for August 2021 in Seattle show that some beleaguered neighborhoods and property types are back in demand.

09/13/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

The Beverage Lobby

The Fairmont Olympic's Remodel Gives Downtown Seattle a New Cocktail Bar

A grand remodel inserts midcentury swagger, and careful cocktails, into the lobby of downtown Seattle's historic hotel.

09/06/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Coronavirus Chronicles

Washington Reopens, and Seattle Wants You to Celebrate Downtown

The city rolls out a slate of festivities as the state rolls back restrictions on activity.

06/30/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Soup Excitement

Pho Bac Plans a New Location, and a Cocktail Bar, Downtown

Phocific Standard Time will serve playful cocktails upstairs.

06/03/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Groundbreaker

A Seattle Skyscraper’s Rise Helps Shatter a Glass Ceiling

A new 40-story condo building owes much of its design to Julia Nagele, one of few women in the world to shape such a tall tower.

12/21/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Overnights

High-End Lotte Hotel Finally Opens, Pandemic Be Damned

At last, a look at a long-vacant property that's been in limbo for years.

09/24/2020 By Allison Williams

Downtown’s New Seattle House Towers Offer Adventurous, Carefree Living for Seattle’s Empty Nesters

Reconnect with downtown Seattle in a new vertical living property by the one of the world's largest sustainable developer of urban neighborhoods.

03/11/2020

LEMON UP

The Girl Scouts Are Throwing a Parade for a Brand New Lemon Cookie

The parade for the new Lemon-Up cookie starts Friday at noon.

02/28/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Meat Monuments

Daniel’s Broiler Bets Big on Downtown

What happens when a 40-year institution takes on Seattle’s hotel boom.

02/25/2020 By Providence Cicero

Downtown Switch-Ups

Sansei Is Closed and—Oh Sweet, Glorious Day—Dough Zone Will Open in Its Place

The soup dumpling purveyor is slated to arrive at Ninth and Pine this summer.

04/30/2019 By Rosin Saez

Opening Dispatch

The Hart and the Hunter Brings Southern-Style Food By Way Of LA

It's open now inside the new Palihotel downtown with beloved butter biscuits, photogenic tartines, and salmon jerky.

11/08/2018 By Rosin Saez

'Cue News

Now for an Update on Jack's BBQ Expansions

First up: a downtown location in the Columbia Tower, then a South Lake Union outpost in the fall.

05/25/2018 By Rosin Saez

Expansion Mode

Coming In December: A New Great State Burger on Third Ave

Josh Henderson's chainlet will soon include a walkup window on the corner of Third and Spring Street downtown.

09/29/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Who Is Downtown Seattle’s New Diner?

Seattle’s high-tech boom is not just changing who we are—it’s changing how we eat.

03/06/2017 By Kathryn Robinson