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Poet of the Port Town

Just before ”Howl” made him famous, Allen Ginsberg savored old Seattle’s seaport rot.

01/06/2009 By Ryan Boudinot

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Vanishing Acts

The meteoric ascent, sudden disappearance, and lost legacy of a star-crossed Seattle prodigy.

01/04/2009 By Nena Peltin

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Drug wars and BC traffickers? Welcome to Victorian Seattle.

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Japanese midwives delivered thousands of Seattle’s babies. The authorities respected their work but locked them up anyway.

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William O. McKay put Seattle on wheels, Seafair on the calendar, and romance under the hood.

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From Green Lake to Olympic gold, the agony and the glory of Seattle’s greatest athlete.

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Hundreds have tried to strike black gold in Washington. And they’re not done yet.

Past Lives

The bloodcurdling past and spirited present of a grand old Georgetown Victorian.

12/18/2008 By Nena Peltin

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Forget the satellite data and high-tech Storm Alerts. Seattle’s first weathermen needed just a sketch pad.

12/13/2008 By Rolin Miller

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How Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie caught the hootenanny spirit in Seattle.