Neighborhood Walk

One of Seattle's More Diverse Neighborhoods Is Bracing for Change

One of Seattle’s More Diverse Neighborhoods Is Bracing for Change

The ninth installment in the Neighborhood Walk series

COMMUNITY FIGURE: A statue of late community leader Roberto Maestas stands in the plaza of El Centro de la Raza in Beacon Hill

Steve Scher

Houses of Worship and Small Businessses Help Knit Wedgwood Together in Seattle

Houses of Worship and Small Businessses Help Knit Wedgwood Together in Seattle

The eighth installment in the Neighborhood Walk series

FAITHFUL: Wedgwood Presbyterian Church is the oldest congregation on a 30-block stretch of 35th Avenue that boasts six houses of worship; they’re among the numerous gathering spots in the neighborhood

Steve Scher

ID Renovations Clash With Housing Affordability

ID Renovations Clash With Housing Affordability

In the Chinatown–International District, an old form of housing has fallen, taking a piece of history—and affordability—with it

UNDER DEVELOPMENT: Closed since the 1970s, the West Kong Yick building, a former single room occupancy hotel, is now being slowly renovated but it’s unlikely rents will be affordable for a low-income population

Steve Scher

In West Seattle's Delridge Neighborhood, History Has an Enduring Hold

In West Seattle’s Delridge Neighborhood, History Has an Enduring Hold

The sixth installment in the Neighborhood Walk series

Murals near Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

Steve Scher

For Generations, Seattle's Innovators Have Called Dexter and Westlake Home

For Generations, Seattle’s Innovators Have Called Dexter and Westlake Home

Change is the only constant, they say, and it’s happening all over Seattle— no place more so than along a stretch of Dexter and Westlake where yesterday’s innovators settled and today’s dreamers are also finding a home

This article appears in print in the May 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. White-haired Claude N. Nelson, an 86-year-old retired Boeing technical illustrator, takes two buses to get to the Friday lunch of Swedish meatballs at the Swedish Club, housed in an early 1960s-era building perched above Lake Union on Dexter Avenue. Nelson grew up on the…

Steve Scher

Rainier Beach Residents Fight to Preserve a Diverse American Dream

Rainier Beach Residents Fight to Preserve a Diverse American Dream

On a walk through Rainier Beach, Steve Scher finds an old Seattle neighborhood that’s trying to hold on in the wake of gentrification.

Rainier Beach residents enjoy the playground at Beer Sheva Park along Lake Washington.

Steve Scher

These Vibrant East African Cafes, Shops Are the Best Reason to Visit This North Seattle Neighborhood

These Vibrant East African Cafes, Shops Are the Best Reason to Visit This North Seattle Neighborhood

In Pinehurst, Steve Scher finds a slice of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Customers at the Jebena Cafe in Pinehurst get a warm welcome from co-owner Martha Seyoum who came here from Ethiopia 26 years ago.

Steve Scher

Tumultuous Capitol Hill Neighborhood is a Beacon of Change

Tumultuous Capitol Hill Neighborhood is a Beacon of Change

Walking through one of Seattle's oldest 'hoods, Steve Scher discovers that while the future looms in every direction, each step takes you through the past.

The Rainier Chapter House of the Daughters was modeled after Mount Vernon.

Steve Scher

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