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Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
April 16, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 17
Headlines:
- Survival by Design. Recycle and salvaged building material make up local architects’ solutions to the basic problems of displaced urbanites as part of the Design Build Challenge. Adrienne Wicks is reflected in a mirror hanging from this year’s winning design: a memorial dangling with plaques bearing the names of homeless people who’ve passed away. Page 7
- Fixing an eye on the public. Mayor puts camaras on watch in Cal Anderson Park, despite caveats from community, city council. Page 5
- Worse than the first: Loopholes new city protocols guarantee more sweeps. Page 2
- Change Agent: Bevette Irvis, Page 3
- Vendor of the Week: Cecil, Page 6
Table of Contents:
Deliberate misinformation. Burying their press release on a Friday afternoon ensured that the city’s new encampment protocols weren’t fully appraised before they became old news by Timothy Harris, Page 2
Change Agent: Bevette Irvis, Page 3
- Picture: Through her arms: homeless children spend their days with Bevette Irvis so their parents can have time to get back on their feet by Susanna Pehrson
- Photo by Lucien Knuteson
Just Heard…by Cydney Gillis, Page 3
- Ranger wrangling. [New park rangers to issue park exclusions, banish homeless]
- Pro Parks Survey. [RE: Seattle councilmemembers Richard Conlin, Tom Rasmussen, Tim Burgess]
City lightens land-use review by Cydney Gillis, Page 3
Picture: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Page 3
Thousands of children filled the Seattle Center’s KeyArena Mon. April 14, 2008 to hear the Dalai Lama’s message of compassion and change.
Moanin’ the loss of an iconoclast’s haven. Bud’s Jazz Records to close at month’s end by Adam Hyla, Page 4
- Picture: Bud Young maintains a steady and knowledgeable at-time presence at the Pioneer Square record store he opened 26 years ago. “It’s fun talking jazz,” he says.
- Photo by Mark Sullo
City outfits Cal Anderson with cams; [cameras], downtown parks next. Mayor gets ahead of council by Cydney Gillis, Page 5
Townhouses create affordable housing? Livable Seattle wants reality-based development by Cydney Gillis, Page 5, 10
Vendor of the Week: Cecil, Page 6
Story by Cecil. Photo by JP Gritton
Picture, Page 6
“This was my house,” David “Squirrelman” Csaky says in a soft-spoken voice, strained from emotion and the numerous interviews he has given since receiving a notice to dismantle the treehouse he build along Eastlake Avenue East. Numerous volunteers turned up St., April 12, 2008 to remove Csaky’s belongings before deconstructing his home.
Challenge to architects: just the essentials. Designers’ contest brings forth ideas for on-street accommodations. [RE: Adrienne Wicks, Jack Hunter, Ben Smith, Ashle Fauvre, Rebecca Wilcox, Scott Crawford, Julia Khorsand, Paula Patterson]
- Photo essay by Joel Turner, Pages 7, 11
A Day’s Hard Life. Book Review: Day: a Novel by A. L. Kennedy. Review by Krystal Corbray, Page 8
Adventures in Irony. New and Improved Harassment by © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Faith, Culture, Politics: Dreaming Myself Awake by Rev. Rich Lang, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn
Letter to the Editor: Glad to meet you by Shera Myers | Seattle
Down and Out in America’s Last Boomtown. Not everything is peachy in the Emerald City by Jonathan Raban, Page 10
Calendar, Page 12