Established in 1906, Frink Park, Leschi’s vast, rambling woods, lies in the neighborhood’s geographical heart. Yet even those who are...

When we left off last month, the redoubtable Lake Washington ferry Dawn had mostly sunk at the Leschi dock in a ferocious 1923 storm....

The legacy of John Newington Conna extends from Texas to Alaska, with a lasting impact in what is now the state of Washington, known then...

Seattle Children’s has announced plans to build a new Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District at the southwest corner of...

Late last November, along with hundreds of others, I attended a celebration at the Museum of History and Industry of the 80th birthday of...

Powell Barnett’s father brought the family in 1889 from Indiana to the coal town of Roslyn, Washington. The elder Barnett had been...

In his 1968 interview with Larry Gossett (excerpted here last month), Powell Barnett refers to the fact that housing discrimination was...

Because I had the luck and privilege of having been raised on the Seattle shores of Lake Washington, I recall the last runs of the...

In 1906, the Seattle School Board purchased a parcel of land where a florist named O'Brien had operated a rose garden and greenhouses....

This magnificent building was once located in Leschi Park; it was a dance pavilion/casino and a popular weekend destination for city...

In my years in our neighborhood, I’ve been curious how it came to be named after Leschi, a leader among Indians of the upper Nisqually...

Reprinted with permission of The Seattle Times. (Thanks to Anne Depue for obtaining permission) Born in segregated Arkansas in 1928,...