Jim Snell
Jan 1, 2015
Where Is Our Hellhound?
BOOK REVIEW Michael Perino’s 2010 history of the Pecora hearings entitled The Hellhound of Wall Street will induce any reader to ask: Why...
Jim Snell
Jan 1, 2015
The Other Washington
BOOK REVIEW I've been reading (to be honest, listening to a downloadable audio book from our wonderful library) about Washington. Not...
John Barber
Jan 1, 2015
West Seattle Couple Pens an Up-and-Down Guide
BOOK REVIEW The map of the scenic byways of Madrona and Leschi are just part of the pleasure of Jake Jaramillo and Cathy Jaramillo’s...
Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2015
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
BOOK REVIEW I knew that I needed to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, when I first heard about it, but part...
Jim Snell
Jan 1, 2015
Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
BOOK REVIEW Since we have a clutch of big tax chiselers right here in River City*, this subject interests me greatly. As the Great...
Jim Snell
Jan 1, 2015
The Crash of 2016
BOOK REVIEW Though the title implies that this is another book on the stock market, it is, rather, a review of the history of America’s...
Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2015
First Landmark in Leschi?
The Judge Ronald House was recently designated as a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board, and it appears to be the first...
Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2015
The Man Behind the House
In January we published the story of the Ronald House and how landmark status was achieved for this beautifully restored home. With the...
Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2015
Fire Station Six - open house
The new station #6 at the corner of Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr. Way looks like a state of the art station. In addition to being...
Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2015
Officer Timothy Brenton Memorial In Leschi
Halloween night, 2009—Seattle Police officer Timothy Brenton and rookie trainee Britt Sweeney pull over on 29th Avenue, just north of...
Stephanie Tschida
Jan 1, 2015
The Jackson Street Mural
For several years, the grocery store on the southwest corner of 28th and Jackson has been plagued with graffiti, vandalism, open-air drug...
Joan Singler
Jan 1, 2015
The Leschi Dreamcatcher
Two Native Americans are memorialized in our community. The Dreamcatcher at the intersections of and 32nd Avenue and East Yesler Way is a...