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Seattle home prices post nation's biggest drop

After years of bidding wars, Seattle leads the U.S. in falling prices and rising inventory.

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Seattle-area housing prices are falling, and inventory is rising faster than anywhere else in the U.S., further evidence that the region&#x27;s once <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="red-hot market" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/08/29/seattle-million-dollar-homes" data-vars-content-id="46b2f07a-b390-437a-b7d9-b077f034aebb" data-vars-headline="Seattle home prices post nation&#x27;s biggest drop" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/08/29/seattle-million-dollar-homes" target="_self">red-hot market</a> may be cooling.Why it matters: The Seattle housing market&#x27;s rapid <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="shift" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/03/24/seattle-housing-market-spring-inventory-up-prices-soft" data-vars-content-id="46b2f07a-b390-437a-b7d9-b077f034aebb" data-vars-headline="Seattle home prices post nation&#x27;s biggest drop" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/03/24/seattle-housing-market-spring-inventory-up-prices-soft" target="_self">shift</a> marks a sharp reversal from the region&#x27;s pandemic-era bidding wars, soaring prices and limited inventory.

Seattle weighs pickleball trims as boom cools

Cities are still adding courts, but gardens, disc golf and fitness zones are gaining ground.

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pickleball craze" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/walmart-free-pickleball-game-subway-sub" data-vars-content-id="e4a331e4-c7ec-4c35-a0d1-3180be11a898" data-vars-headline="Seattle weighs pickleball trims as boom cools" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/walmart-free-pickleball-game-subway-sub" target="_self">pickleball craze</a> — so hot during the pandemic and immediately afterward — may be cooling off.The big picture: The number of pickleball courts across the 100 most populous U.S. cities increased just 4% from 2025 to 2026. That&#x27;s compared with 13% growth from 2024 to 2025 and 14% from 2023 to 2024.

Vote for the Seattle area's best bánh mì

Cast your vote as Vietnamese sandwich shops from across the region compete in our bracket.

Food and Drink

You flooded our inboxes with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="recommendations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/05/21/seattle-best-banh-mi-reader-recommendations" data-vars-content-id="e6a726af-4089-456e-b736-2426f8e92e82" data-vars-headline="Vote for the Seattle area&#x27;s best bánh mì" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/05/21/seattle-best-banh-mi-reader-recommendations" target="_self">recommendations</a> for the best bánh mì in the Seattle area, making it clear the region is packed with great versions of the classic Vietnamese sandwich.Now, it&#x27;s time for your favorites to duke it out in our ultimate Seattle-area bánh mì bracket.

Nearly half of King County households don't have AC

The Seattle area remains far less air conditioned than most of the U.S. as hotter weather arrives.

Nearly half of King County residents are <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sweating it out" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/07/14/seattle-portland-heat-wave-hot-summer-nights" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/07/14/seattle-portland-heat-wave-hot-summer-nights" target="_self">sweating it out</a> without air conditioning — a far higher share than the national rate.The big picture: Seattle no longer ranks as the least air-conditioned major city in the U.S. — that title <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="goes to San Francisco" data-vars-click-url="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-no-longer-the-least-air-conditioned-major-metro-area/" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-no-longer-the-least-air-conditioned-major-metro-area/" target="_blank">goes to San Francisco</a> — but the Puget Sound region still has some of the lowest rates of air conditioning in the country.By the numbers: Four Washington counties — King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish — rank among the 10 least air conditioned in the U.S., according to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="recent census estimates" data-vars-click-url="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/2023-lace.html" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/2023-lace.html" target="_blank">recent census estimates</a>.<ul><li>That&#x27;s among U.S. counties with at least 100,000 households.</li><li>Across the four local counties, between 44.5% and 47.8% of households didn&#x27;t have air conditioning in 2023, the latest year of data available. </li><li>Nationally, just 6.9% of households didn&#x27;t have air conditioning that year.</li></ul>Context: Until <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="recently" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-is-now-an-air-conditioning-town" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-is-now-an-air-conditioning-town" target="_blank">recently</a>, most Seattle-area households <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="didn&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-click-url="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-least-air-conditioned-metro-area-in-the-u-s-census-data-show-so-how-do-locals-keep-cool/" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-least-air-conditioned-metro-area-in-the-u-s-census-data-show-so-how-do-locals-keep-cool/" target="_blank">didn&#x27;t have AC</a>.<ul><li>That&#x27;s changed as Pacific Northwest summers have <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="grown warmer" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/06/21/seattle-summers-warming" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/06/21/seattle-summers-warming" target="_self">grown warmer</a>, with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="scientists linking" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00340-3" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00340-3" target="_blank">scientists linking</a> an increase in heat waves to climate change. </li><li>The 2021 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pacific Northwest heat wave" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/28/climate-change-heat-wave-northwest-warning-sign" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/28/climate-change-heat-wave-northwest-warning-sign" target="_self">Pacific Northwest heat wave</a> killed <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hundreds of people" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuow.org/stories/new-uw-report-states-2021-heat-dome-was-deadlier-than-previously-thought" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/new-uw-report-states-2021-heat-dome-was-deadlier-than-previously-thought" target="_blank">hundreds of people</a>, in part because so many homes lacked air conditioning.</li></ul>What&#x27;s next: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tuesday could be" data-vars-click-url="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/western-wa-weather-warmest-day-so-far-this-year-likely-on-tuesday/" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/western-wa-weather-warmest-day-so-far-this-year-likely-on-tuesday/" target="_blank">Tuesday could be</a> the hottest day of the year in the Puget Sound region so far, with local temperatures expected to reach the mid- to upper 80s.<div><figure><div id="datawrapper-embed-9p7du" data-datawrapper-id="9p7du" data-datawrapper-version="1"></div><img src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/9p7du/full.png" alt="A choropleth map of the United States showing the estimated share of households without any form of air conditioning, by county, in 2023. Overall, 6.9% of households in the U.S. lacked AC. Rates were much higher in Alaska, Hawaii, the west, and Appalachia. The county in the contiguous U.S. with the highest share without AC was San Francisco County in California, at 65.4%. The county with the highest number of households without AC was Los Angeles County, at 702 thousand."/><iframe alt="A choropleth map of the United States showing the estimated share of households without any form of air conditioning, by county, in 2023. Overall, 6.9% of households in the U.S. lacked AC. Rates were much higher in Alaska, Hawaii, the west, and Appalachia. The county in the contiguous U.S. with the highest share without AC was San Francisco County in California, at 65.4%. The county with the highest number of households without AC was Los Angeles County, at 702 thousand." hidden="" frameborder="0" height="494" id="datawrapper-chart-9p7du" scrolling="no" data-src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/9p7du/1/" title="&lt;span style=&quot;display:inline-block;text-wrap: balance;&quot;&gt;Estimated share of households without any form of air conditioning, 2023"></iframe><figcaption>Data: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="U.S. Census" data-vars-click-url="https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/lace.html" data-vars-content-id="0f5e89c3-86d5-4bc3-83da-7a559a546b16" data-vars-headline="Nearly half of King County households don&#x27;t have AC" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/lace.html" target="_blank">U.S. Census</a>; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals</figcaption></figure></div>

Seattle's ghost signs preserve echoes of the past

Some of the city's oldest buildings carry painted reminders of another era.

Along some of Seattle&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="oldest streets" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/09/23/historic-pioneer-square-restrooms-set-luxury-standard" data-vars-content-id="bbfd2088-4074-4ba8-9884-f7b783bcc2f5" data-vars-headline="Seattle&#x27;s ghost signs preserve echoes of the past" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/09/23/historic-pioneer-square-restrooms-set-luxury-standard" target="_self">oldest streets</a>, you can still see painted advertisements from decades ago on the sides of buildings — some faded nearly beyond recognition. Seattle University professor emerita Marie Wong calls them ghost signs.Why it matters: Many of these remnants of the early- and mid-20th century are in danger of being lost, Wong tells Axios — and Seattle has no policy specifically aimed at preserving them.

Seattle board rejects Gas Works tower changes after fatal fall

Seattle's landmarks board said the proposed changes were too drastic without more due diligence.

Seattle&#x27;s landmarks board blocked a plan Wednesday to remove ladders and catwalks from the towers at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Gas Works Park" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/07/03/seattle-s-gas-works-is-no-2-spot-in-u-s-for-fireworks" data-vars-content-id="d48e5018-b4c8-477e-9a20-1ba0e7e97aca" data-vars-headline="Seattle board rejects Gas Works tower changes after fatal fall" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/07/03/seattle-s-gas-works-is-no-2-spot-in-u-s-for-fireworks" target="_self">Gas Works Park</a> — a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="change" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/05/23/seattle-parks-police-gates-safety-crackdown" data-vars-content-id="d48e5018-b4c8-477e-9a20-1ba0e7e97aca" data-vars-headline="Seattle board rejects Gas Works tower changes after fatal fall" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/05/23/seattle-parks-police-gates-safety-crackdown" target="_self">change</a> that park officials argued could have reduced dangerous climbing.The big picture: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="proposal" data-vars-click-url="https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/Neighborhoods/HistoricPreservation/Landmarks/2025/LPB101525GasWorksParkPPrev.pdf" data-vars-content-id="d48e5018-b4c8-477e-9a20-1ba0e7e97aca" data-vars-headline="Seattle board rejects Gas Works tower changes after fatal fall" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/Neighborhoods/HistoricPreservation/Landmarks/2025/LPB101525GasWorksParkPPrev.pdf" target="_blank">proposal</a> came after <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="15-year-old Mattheis Johnson died" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/teen-dies-after-50-foot-fall-seattles-gas-works-park-during-concert/2ETUW4N7AVFDXKNCLV2JIVAUSM/" data-vars-content-id="d48e5018-b4c8-477e-9a20-1ba0e7e97aca" data-vars-headline="Seattle board rejects Gas Works tower changes after fatal fall" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/teen-dies-after-50-foot-fall-seattles-gas-works-park-during-concert/2ETUW4N7AVFDXKNCLV2JIVAUSM/" target="_blank">15-year-old Mattheis Johnson died</a> in July after climbing one of the preserved gasification towers and falling 50 feet.

Puget Sound Off: Why Seattle has a tiny Statue of Liberty at Alki

Seattle's replica has survived vandalism and storms —and served as a 9/11 tribute site.

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Seattle&#x27;s Alki Beach is home to more than firepits, sand, and killer water views — it also hosts a miniature replica of the Statue of Liberty.<ul><li>Today&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Puget Sound Off" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/03/18/lake-washington-water-levels-dams-boats" data-vars-content-id="6728c551-37d6-43a1-b46f-ebbc86a60453" data-vars-headline="Puget Sound Off: Why Seattle has a tiny Statue of Liberty at Alki" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/03/18/lake-washington-water-levels-dams-boats" target="_self">Puget Sound Off</a> column explores how Seattle&#x27;s petite copy of the famous New York monument came to be.</li></ul>

Mount St. Helens: Cascades' restless giant

It's still the most active volcano in the Cascade Mountains.

45 years ago on Sunday, Mount St. Helens <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="erupted" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2018/05/31/chart-every-volcano-that-erupted-since-krakatoa" data-vars-content-id="08d8e47e-5f8e-4352-b8e9-81b9989b8515" data-vars-headline="Mount St. Helens: Cascades&#x27; restless giant" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2018/05/31/chart-every-volcano-that-erupted-since-krakatoa" target="_self">erupted</a>, killing 57 people and triggering one of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="largest landslides" data-vars-click-url="https://www.geoengineer.org/news/a-review-of-the-mount-st-helens-eruption" data-vars-content-id="08d8e47e-5f8e-4352-b8e9-81b9989b8515" data-vars-headline="Mount St. Helens: Cascades&#x27; restless giant" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.geoengineer.org/news/a-review-of-the-mount-st-helens-eruption" target="_blank">largest landslides</a> ever recorded, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Flashback: The deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history followed weeks of steam, ash, and thousands of earthquakes, signaling unrest under the mountain, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="per USGS" data-vars-click-url="https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3014/fs2013-3014_text.pdf" data-vars-content-id="08d8e47e-5f8e-4352-b8e9-81b9989b8515" data-vars-headline="Mount St. Helens: Cascades&#x27; restless giant" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3014/fs2013-3014_text.pdf" target="_blank">per USGS</a>.

Remembering the Kingdome's fall, 25 years on

The stadium once hosted the Mariners and Seahawks — before being demolished to make way for Lumen Field.

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Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="demolition" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/03/29/kingdome-demolition-history" data-vars-content-id="fb753fd0-e936-46d2-a627-43c35058c532" data-vars-headline="Remembering the Kingdome&#x27;s fall, 25 years on" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/03/29/kingdome-demolition-history" target="_self">demolition</a> of the Kingdome, which <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="made way" data-vars-click-url="https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/kingdome-24-years-implosion" data-vars-content-id="fb753fd0-e936-46d2-a627-43c35058c532" data-vars-headline="Remembering the Kingdome&#x27;s fall, 25 years on" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/kingdome-24-years-implosion" target="_blank">made way</a> for construction of the stadium now known as Lumen Field.Stunning stat: After the detonation of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="more than 4,000 pounds" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cdrecycler.com/news/controlled-demolition-inc-kingdome-implosion/" data-vars-content-id="fb753fd0-e936-46d2-a627-43c35058c532" data-vars-headline="Remembering the Kingdome&#x27;s fall, 25 years on" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cdrecycler.com/news/controlled-demolition-inc-kingdome-implosion/" target="_blank">more than 4,000 pounds</a> of explosives, it took <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="less than 20 seconds" data-vars-click-url="https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/remembering-the-kingdome-implosion-18-years-later/281-425698178" data-vars-content-id="fb753fd0-e936-46d2-a627-43c35058c532" data-vars-headline="Remembering the Kingdome&#x27;s fall, 25 years on" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/remembering-the-kingdome-implosion-18-years-later/281-425698178" target="_blank">less than 20 seconds</a> for the Kingdome&#x27;s 25,000-ton roof to collapse into a pile of rubble.

New murals to honor Bruce Lee will go up in Seattle

The martial artist and action film star lived in Seattle for five years and is buried here.

<figure><img alt="One mural panel shows Bruce Lee&#x27;s hair framing a Coast Salish dragon, with a landcape in the background. The other panel is a dragon with elements relating to Seattle and Bruce Lee painted around the dragon&#x27;s head." height="3024" id="26d67eb7-24d9-43a9-b21e-241c346f7ea3" src="https://images.axios.com/stHPtMWkvau6ZCPNygjVFFEf0sA=/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg" width="4032" srcset="https://images.axios.com/BJgJUT8-UZ6cJMkVffnOXEc68OY=/1920x1440/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://images.axios.com/dKgPYqo4NBTH_OS2-psxWB4GEzU=/1600x1200/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https://images.axios.com/LpBMJxFJiNzN1kIc6pm5K7SgM9c=/1366x1024/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=1366 1366w, https://images.axios.com/G3Y5HzTQD6KPUpAPgvZDnG3QRtw=/1024x768/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.axios.com/6kUIzlcrIsk5lS9mCny44BTE928=/768x576/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.axios.com/4Y4RviuKYMSN6Az18XeaEQrhWtw=/640x480/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.axios.com/l-52d9PfydimHh9nNPDPfXakcew=/320x240/smart/2024/11/19/1732049423124.jpg?w=320 320w"/><figcaption>The designs by artist Louie Gong will be reproduced on aluminum plates and mounted outside. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios</figcaption></figure>Two new murals going up in the Chinatown-International District will pay homage to martial artist and film star <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bruce Lee" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2022/06/08/campaign-bruce-lee-studio-seattl" data-vars-content-id="0c6d0b60-43a5-4965-a920-2dc13e35c487" data-vars-headline="New murals to honor Bruce Lee will go up in Seattle" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2022/06/08/campaign-bruce-lee-studio-seattl" target="_self">Bruce Lee</a>, who spent some of his formative years in Seattle.Why it matters: The new public artworks will serve as a visual reminder of Lee&#x27;s legacy and the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="role Seattle played" data-vars-click-url="https://www.knkx.org/artscape/2014-10-13/wing-luke-museum-exhibit-showcases-bruce-lees-seattle-roots" data-vars-content-id="0c6d0b60-43a5-4965-a920-2dc13e35c487" data-vars-headline="New murals to honor Bruce Lee will go up in Seattle" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.knkx.org/artscape/2014-10-13/wing-luke-museum-exhibit-showcases-bruce-lees-seattle-roots" target="_blank">role Seattle played</a> in shaping it.

How Indigenous land acknowledgements can miss the point

Recognizing Seattle's original Native inhabitants is only the first step, many local institutions say.

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Land acknowledgements — the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="recognition that Indigenous" data-vars-click-url="https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/land-acknowledgment" data-vars-content-id="63fec03d-1df7-4161-8f81-99fb193948cd" data-vars-headline="How Indigenous land acknowledgements can miss the point" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/land-acknowledgment" target="_blank">recognition that Indigenous</a> people were the original inhabitants of American land — have become more common among academics, nonprofits, companies and celebrities and even in social media bios.Why it matters: The well-meaning attempts to educate non-Indigenous people can fail to make their desired impact if they aren&#x27;t paired with more concrete action to support Indigenous communities.

This week in history: The long-suffering West Seattle Bridge

From collisions to cracking, it's seen it all.

Here&#x27;s a look at some of the June historical events in the city and beyond, sourced from state history encyclopedia HistoryLink and local newspaper and agency archives.June 11, 1978: The 550-foot freighter, Chavez, runs into the eastern side of the West Seattle Bridge, shutting it down to cars for six years, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="HistoryLink" data-vars-click-url="https://historylink.org/File/2421" data-vars-content-id="f6238e92-c2ca-4ce9-9f1a-dcc806d7dfa2" data-vars-headline="This week in history: The long-suffering West Seattle Bridge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://historylink.org/File/2421" target="_blank">HistoryLink</a> recounts.

This week in history: RIP Seattle streetcars

The city's mass transit used to look very different.

Here&#x27;s a look at some of the April historical events in the city, sourced from state history encyclopedia HistoryLink and local newspaper and agency archives.April 30, 1910: Interurban rail service <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="began" data-vars-click-url="https://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/history/history-1910.html" data-vars-content-id="0e5fd786-224d-4991-84e1-74fadb3c7350" data-vars-headline="This week in history: RIP Seattle streetcars" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/history/history-1910.html" target="_blank">began</a> between Everett and Seattle. The route started near what is now Westlake Center, traveled through Fremont and along Phinney and Greenwood avenues to what is now Highway 99, linking North Seattle to downtown.

This week in history: Loggers gone wild

Plus: The origin of "Daylight in the swamp!"

Here&#x27;s a look at some of the April historical events in Washington, sourced from state history encyclopedia <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="HistoryLink" data-vars-click-url="http://historylink.org/" data-vars-content-id="f109f091-2f05-4d8b-8c8f-55e3fff39205" data-vars-headline="This week in history: Loggers gone wild" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://historylink.org/" target="_blank">HistoryLink</a> and media archives.April 15, 1934: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Blue Moon Tavern" data-vars-click-url="https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/diving-lessons-a-hangout-for-the-literati-and-1141255.php" data-vars-content-id="f109f091-2f05-4d8b-8c8f-55e3fff39205" data-vars-headline="This week in history: Loggers gone wild" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/diving-lessons-a-hangout-for-the-literati-and-1141255.php" target="_blank">Blue Moon Tavern</a> in the University District opened its doors, which would welcome Theodore Roethke, Tom Robbins, members of the Weather Underground and (rumor has it) Allen Ginsberg and Thomas Pynchon.

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