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Thursday, April 03
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Details like this brick (fake) chimney on Cascade Court were designed to echo elements of Stimson Green Mansion, in background The Stimson's carriage house at left once housed Seattle's one and only automobile. (Cascade Court in background overlooks First Hill Park.) Insets, overhangs, and outsets of the walls and the varied roofline of Cascade Court (background) echo the mansion without attempting to copy it Crews on Saturday will be asked to help with new landscaping (bring gloves if you want to participate in that). We're guessing this area on Summit will get some attention. seaQwa...
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Saturday, March 08
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To honor its new namesake King County replaced its former gold-crown logo last year with this image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In a column trying to find something -- anything -- new to write about the Democrat's nomination, New York Times columnist Gail Collins throws out this tidbit of historical trivia : For all its awesomeness, Pennsylvania’s only contribution to the presidency was James Buchanan. He was in office at the onset of the Civil War and is celebrated mainly for holding down the bottom of the Worst Presidents lists. Historians often describe him as “our only bachelor president...
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Wednesday, November 21
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At Slog, Savage suggests that the space about to be vacated by the not-lamented Sugar might present a good location for the about to be evicted Pony -- which was, after all, created in the very short-term in that space that will be torn down. But, as often happens on Slog, the comments are as interesting as the original post. After a few bar history comments that miss the history of the nabe's gay spaces, "Daddy Jeff" offers this great bit of history reminding us that Savage's suggestion would take us forward into the past: Here is some the back story on the Sugar space. The guys...
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Wednesday, October 24
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Towleroad dug out this great 1977 cover shot of Kopay from shortly after his book was published One-time All-American Husky running back and retired NFL player David Kopay will be honored Saturday by the Federation of Gay Games at its 25th Anniversary Legacy Dinner in San Francisco. It's a richly deserved honor that comes after a busy month for Kopay, who was the first and remains one of the few former NFL players to come out. UW announced last month a $1 million pledge from Kopay directed to the university's Q-Center . He spoke to students a few weeks after the gift was announced. The...
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