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Seattle native Benjamin Lukoff is a freelance writer and editor. He's been interested in local history since the age of six, when his father bought him 'Pig-Tail Days in Old Seattle' at the MOHAI gift shop.

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Seattle's boulevard street signs are turning brown

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

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

As noted the other day, Seattle's historic schooner Wawona will soon be no more, and left South Lake Union for good yesterday.Today on Crosscut.com,...
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Architectural theft at historic Carmack House in Squire Park

The Carmack House, located next to Swedish Medical Center's Cherry Hill (formerly Providence) campus at 1522 E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire...
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Chelan County's Negro Creek to undergo name change?

I have an article on Crosscut.com today about Chelan County's Negro Creek, which the Wenatchee World is reporting a Florida professor wants to rename...
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The Pacific Science Center courtyard is on a list of endangered landscapes

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[NOTE 12/16: This article was updated after the Pacific Science Center disputed some of the Cultural Landscape Foundation's allegations.]I hear from...
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Who's Waldo? The name behind the Waldo Woods tree-cutting controversy

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.floatright { float:right}.floatleft { float:left} Not that Waldo. (Flickr user Si1very) Knute Berger writes in Crosscut about the controversy raging...
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