Cesar Chavez Park no longer has a name, though a new one is in the process of being chosen. FWIW, city policy prohibits naming parks after living people such as Dolores Huerta -- Chavez died four years before the park was given his name. www.writesofway.org/cesar-chavez...
This Rainier Valley street, created in 1931, was named after Camano Island in Puget Sound. www.writesofway.org/s-camano-pla...
"The SAVE America Act is voter disenfranchisement masquerading as election security. It compromises voter privacy and would not add any additional security to our elections -- while creating barriers for eligible voters." — Steve Hobbs, Washington Secretary of State
This West Seattle street (more of an alley, really), which was created in 1946, resurrects the name of an earlier neighborhood street named for real estate man Louis Ayers Parshall (1870–1950). www.writesofway.org/parshall-pla...
This street was created in 1920 as part of the Homecroft plat, Seattle's contribution to the movement which “encouraged wageworkers to become competent backyard gardeners rather than yeoman farmers.” (It ended up becoming just another residential neighborhood.) www.writesofway.org/croft-place-...
This short Montlake street was created in 1925 as part of the plat of Glenwilde, an Addition to the City of Seattle, filed by E.F. Barnum and his wife, Sarah Barnum, and named for that subdivision.
www.writesofway.org/glenwilde-pl...
This street was created in 1955 as part of the plat of Lowrain Park, filed by Adlai Lorain Wood (1891–1981) and Jack Earl Wood (1919–1995), his son. My guess is they named the street after themselves, the subdivision being in the southeasternmost part of the city. www.writesofway.org/s-eastwood-d...
This street was created in 1919 as part of the plat of the Loch-Gilvra Addition to the City of Seattle, filed by the executors of the estate of John J. McGilvra (1827–1903). He and his wife were the first settlers in what is now Madison Park, in the mid-1860s. www.writesofway.org/e-mcgilvra-s...
This Wallingford street was created in 1907 as part of Tronstad’s Addition, filed by Norwegian immigrants Nils and Bertha Tronstad and another couple. It appears to have been named after the Tronstads’ first child and only son, Menford Tronstad (1904–2001). www.writesofway.org/n-menford-pl...
Thanks to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, the Insurrection Act of 1807 has been in the news lately. Today I learned that, of the 30 times the act has been invoked, two of them were in Seattle — 3 months apart — thanks to anti-Chinese rioting in 1885 and 1886. www.writesofway.org/insurrection...
Let’s be clear — if Trump doesn’t end up invading Greenland, or doesn’t end up doing any other of his seemingly unlimited batshit insane, illegal and corrupt crimes, it WON’T be “evidence that we were overreacting.” It will ONLY be BECAUSE WE DIDN’T UNDER-REACT.
Sorry, but it's always going to be Sea-Tac to me @portofseattle.bsky.social 😉https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GXPJzcV9K/
Before the first 🇪🇸Barcelona Superblock...
Before the first 🇬🇧London LTN...
Before the 🇳🇱Groningen circulation plan...
🇺🇸Seattle built the Stevens Neighborhood Traffic Diversion Demonstration Project.
LET'S REVIVE THIS IDEA FOR A 21ST CENTURY SEATTLE
S Raymond Street was named by and for Herbert R. (1862–1933) and Minnie M. Raymond (1874–1947). His obituary described Herbert as "formerly one of the Pacific Northwest’s prominent shoe merchants and leading civic spirits."
www.writesofway.org/s-raymond-st... www.writesofway.org/s-raymond-pl...
Happy 2026, everyone. youtu.be/SrXswIbWA7Y?...
On the one hand, not a fan of the home fireworks.
On the other though, can’t really fault people for celebrating 2025 finally coming to an end.
New articles on E Olive Lane, E Olive Place, and E Olive Street, all named after Olive Julia Bell Stewart (1846–1921), who was 5 when the Denny Party landed at Alki Point in 1851. www.writesofway.org/e-olive-lane/ www.writesofway.org/e-olive-place/ www.writesofway.org/e-olive-stre...
Triton Drive NW, a North Beach street with a view of Puget Sound, was likely named after Triton, son of Neptune, Roman god of the sea. NW Neptune Place is nearby. www.writesofway.org/triton-drive...
Book project!!
This street was established in 1926 as part of North Beach, an Addition to the City of Seattle, and has excellent views of Puget Sound. I assume Neptune being the Roman god of the sea was the inspiration behind the name. www.writesofway.org/nw-neptune-p...
Man, I need to log in here more often :)
Google Street View screenshot of a sign for Diagonal Avenue South hanging vertically from the end of a leaning pole
it might be time for a renaming
Google Street View screenshot of a sign for Diagonal Avenue South sitting askew on a leaning pole, the sign itself appearing diagonal from the camera's point of view
show, don't tell
Oh dear, I love those photos
I very strongly agree with this from @awongpublic.bsky.social. And I was happy with 3 of the 4 school board endorsements the Stranger made this year! But overall they’re doing more harm than good by making school board endorsements when they don’t regularly cover the district.
A screenshot of two social media posts. The first, from user jrbloom54, reads: "If, as liberals claim, people need $20.00 phr. ($3,466.00 per month) for flipping burgers or serving in fast food joint as a 'Living wage.' Shouldn't that also be the minimum Social Security payment for retirees who paid into the system all their working lives?" Below this post, there is a reply from user stonekettle that says: "Now you're getting it."
And the idea that you should run if you think you could do a better job is ridiculous. I know a lot of people I think could do a better job than her, but there are reasons why a school board position wouldn't be the right thing for them at this time.
