The duckies symbolize Urban Rest Stop, Seattle's eight-year-old "hygiene center" for the homeless. How important is this? Well, in a year, 25,000 people will use the place, a couple of blocks from the Greyhound station. Almost half a million showers, four times that many just to use the rest room. Laundry, too: close to 200,000 loads. And it's the only place in town that serves entire families. more ›