We've always thought Seattle's two local free weeklies existed in a more or less stable competitive environment. The opinion-driven, highly political Stranger and the traditional and passive Seattle Weekly both seem to have their uses, even if it was sometimes just in using one as a respite from the excesses of the other. A ruling in San Francisco may change that media landscape more ›

We've often wondered how many different kinds of people there are in this world. Sometimes we see people on the street or on the bus, and we try to figure out if they're serial killers, or we see kids in the park and wonder if one of them will grow up to be president. Lindy's got it all figured out. Her piece in The Stranger has all the answers, and it's kinda nice to see that 224 (and counting) of the city's finest minds think so too. more ›

So goodbye old Broadway QFC! Goodbye, old Broadway Taco Bell! Goodbye, old house! Maybe now we'll see some action on the plans for the block, as reported by the Stranger back in June 2006:

This site will soon [Ed: Hah!] become a 6-story mixed-use building. On the ground floor there will be 25,000 foot of retail. "I'm looking for boutiques--like apparel," says the developer Bob Burkheimer. "Independent shops, maybe a restaurant. The idea is to get more street-level retail on Broadway, liven it up."