David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
That was fast. Just a week after the voters nixed Proposition 1 for roads and transit, Gov. Chris Gregoire announces she's taking control of 520 bridge planning. Seattle is about to pay a price for its dithering -- loss of local control. A similar theme was sounded in Bill Virgin's column [http://se
All the factors that made such a strong case for rail in 1968 are much weaker now. Jim Ellis, the architect of the dream, recalls how the crusade began and why Seattle seemed the perfect city for an extensive rail system.
Let's not get too giddy and forget to examine these supposed architectural marvels – before they're built.
Threatened with extinction, the School Board got its act together. Meanwhile, a coalition of moderate reformers could dramatically improve it.
The worse things look, the better the chances of a hairbreadth rescue for the team. Here's how the play is diagrammed.
