Aurora's signs used to be boisterous and noisy. As cars have sped up, they've quieted down. more ›

Re:Take is a weekly look at the Emerald City now and in days of yore through photos dug out of the city archives. This week we wish the 60s never happened. more ›

Thursday, November 15 at 9 p.m. to Friday, November 16 at 6a.m.For those of you on foot or otherwise transportable, here's the non-specific but relevant info in that case:

SDOT’s contractor will provide a shuttle service for pedestrians and bicyclists from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. between the north and south ends of the bridge (from roughly North 34th Street and Fremont Avenue North to roughly Nickerson and Fourth Avenue North) making the loop approximately every 20 to 30 minutes. Signs will be placed noting the pick up and drop off locations. Buses will be rerouted during these closures. As the date approaches, see Metro Online at http://transit.metrokc.gov or call Rider Information, 553-3000.

-Soriano is out for the year after taking a line drive to the temple last week. He's still experiencing headaches. more ›

Seattlest thinks the Seattle Central Library is gorgeous. But in every conversation we've had about the building, someone always points out the elephant in the room: it's a bitch finding your way around. more ›

In today's blog mash-up, we have the Slog's Erica Barnett lighting a fiery feminist match under Details and their story on the Hollywood's new fascination with the "fat" woman -- e.g., Monica Bellucci, Rose McGowan. Then we stir in Sightline's Daily Score post analysis of whether or not walking uses more fossil fuel than driving. Both of these posts are awesome in their own way, but together they begin an unexpected conversation. You know, like the art at EMP's DoubleTake. (Oh, you haven't gone? Us neither.) more ›

Studies pertaining to the downtown viaduct/99 /tunnel/bridge/ boulevard/clusterfuck are coming in, and the discussion is started (or "raging" if you prefer). It's been the People's Waterfront Coalition's contention that if traffic through downtown can be managed for long enough to tear down the Viaduct and build something in its place, then traffic can be managed indefinitely. The items below were taken from documents that were received by the PWC in response to their public disclosure request for the Construction Transportation Management Plan: more ›

After Wired ran a story documenting the GoogleCenter of the United States a bunch of ists jumped on the opportunity to figure out their own middle. Gothamist, Chicagoist, Bostonist and Seattlest all zoomed in on their creamy GoogleCenters. A crack cartography team is hard at work determining the GoogleCenter of the Ist-a-verse as you read this... more ›

The last few days have been overcast haze, and the forecast doesn't look much better. But summer hit Seattle a week ago, with temperatures into the high 80s. So it is about time to dust off the swimsuit and get ready to head down to your local Seattle Parks beach. You can check the bacterial count and the temperature before you go at the King County Beach monitoring website. Signs should be posted if there is some public health reason to close the beach. This Seattlest has been swimming in area lakes including Lake Union for years without getting ill or developing "Swimmer's Itch" (which is apparently due to the Canada geese). King County also makes available not so "real time" data collected at various water quality and weather buoys and even a narrative story about Lake Washington. more ›