David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Latest work
Politics
Frank Chopp's megaduct comes out of hiding
The state House speaker finally goes public with a dramatic idea for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Seattle's waterfront. It involves a long, block-wide structure with a highway within, commercial development below, and an intriguing park on top.
Tech
The tricky art of planning for succession at arts organizations
Speight Jenkins sets 2013 for his retirement date and vows to help with a textbook transition at the Seattle Opera. At the symphony, indecision about whether it's time for a new conductor seems to have been resolved in favor of keeping the long-running Gerard Schwarz act.