Los Angeles Crosscut Articles, Los Angeles Crosscut News

Crosscut's David Brewster writes a letter to the Seattle School Board

There will be a variety of voices offering opinions over the next days and weeks. David Brewster of Crosscut has some very practical suggestions...

From Crosscut: A profile on the rejuvinated Columbia City Theater

As mentioned earlier, I do a lot of work for various local news outlets. One of those outlets is the non-profit news organization crosscut.com. The...

Seattle's boulevard street signs are turning brown

My latest piece in Crosscut.com is on the recent addition of white-on-brown street signs to Seattle's inventory. They are meant to mark our network...

Light rail, the Bogue Plan, and the history of Martin Luther King Jr. Way

Head on over to Crosscut.com for an excellent article by amateur local historian Robert Ketcherside, "Why light rail was predestined for MLK...

P-I globe tops Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Most Endangered Historic Properties list

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation released its 2009 list of Most Endangered Historic Properties today. Topping the list is the P-I...

Knute Berger on Seattle's civic dementia

On May 20, 2009, Knute Berger gave the keynote speech at Historic Seattle's 35th anniversary and awards banquet. The full text is available both on...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer archives tossed? and other bad news in the world of local history

My latest piece at Crosscut.com is on how, according to a story in the last print edition of the Seattle P-I, "documents and sacred records...

Did Seattle mayor Greg Nickels sink the schooner Wawona? Joe Follansbee thinks so

As noted the other day, Seattle's historic schooner Wawonawill soon be no more, and left South Lake Union for good yesterday.Today on Crosscut.com,...