Maisha Barnett
Oct 23, 2023
South King County African-American NW Pioneers Recognized with Special Bus Shelter Photo Mural
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...
Anne Depue
Sep 25, 2023
Odessa Brown Clinic
Seattle Children’s has announced plans to build a new Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District at the southwest corner of...
Roger Lippman
Aug 26, 2023
Life and Times in Leschi: Angel came down from heaven yesterday
Late last November, along with hundreds of others, I attended a celebration at the Museum of History and Industry of the 80th birthday of...
Diane Snell
Aug 26, 2023
Brenton Memorial
October 31, 2009, was a Halloween that Leschi won’t forget. Officer Timothy Brenton had just cited a driver in a traffic stop and was...
Georgia S. McDade
Apr 23, 2023
"Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites"
Anyone who loves Seattle or wants to know its history has been given a great gift—Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites...
Leschi Council
Apr 23, 2023
LCC Board Support of Steve Shulman Memorial
Several neighbors raised concerns to board members of the Leschi Community Council (LCC) about its stated support for a picnic shelter to...
Roger Lippman
Mar 26, 2023
Life and Times in Leschi: Powell Barnett, Part 3
Powell Barnett’s father brought the family in 1889 from Indiana to the coal town of Roslyn, Washington. The elder Barnett had been...
Leschi Council
Mar 26, 2023
Star Awards: Is there a Star near you?
The Leschi Community Council Board is now accepting applications for our annual Leschi Stars. Applications must be submitted by May 5 to...
Roger Lippman
Feb 20, 2023
Life and Times in Leschi: Powell Barnett, Part 2
In his 1968 interview with Larry Gossett (excerpted here last month), Powell Barnett refers to the fact that housing discrimination was...
Leschi Council
Feb 20, 2023
March event postponed
TO BE RESCHEDULED (originally March 1st, 7pm) Grace Methodist Church (downstairs meeting room) 722 30th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 We are...
Roger Lippman
Jan 21, 2023
Powell Barnett
I recently discovered that the paper archives of the Leschi Community Council (originally known as the Leschi Improvement Council, LIC)...
John Barber
Jan 21, 2023
Remembering a Community Leader
In January, we published a tribute to Thurston Muskelly as he had returned home from the Parkshore retirement community. We were to learn...
