Getting the jitters
Posted Sat, Jul 5, 6 a.m.
Starbucks' "third place" concept is under pressure from laptops, McDonald's, and a decline in snob appeal.
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The real first Starbucks
Posted Wed, Apr 9, 5 a.m.
The modern chain is "going back to its roots" and launching a house coffee called Pike Place Blend. Our author well remembers the first Starbucks store and the first day of business, since he happens to have been the first customer.
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A week of weakonomics
Posted Wed, Jun 25, 9 a.m.
If you look away from the Sonics trial for a moment, you can see warning signs that the seemingly immune local economy is actually pretty precarious.
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A city of scolds
Posted Thu, May 8, 4 p.m.
Seattle City Hall has cracked down on drinking and clubs, it's on the verge of banning fast food and taxing plastic grocery bags, and now even plastic-bottled water is a civic sin. Switch to tap water! says the mayor. Mossback thinks enough is enough.
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What made the Seattle style of business a success
Posted Thu, Apr 24, 2 p.m.
As civic icons like Safeco drift away from their Puget Sound roots, here's a look at the components of a Seattle way of doing business that built up such brands. The key was motivated employees. The poison was rapid growth.
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Jean Godden on Seattle: My, how you've changed!
Posted Thu, Mar 27, 5 a.m.
The longtime columnist for Seattle's dailies casts an affectionate eye over the many sweeping transformations of the city, and wonders if all the newcomers will learn to cherish the uniqueness of the place.
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Score one for Googie
Posted Thu, Jan 3, 7 a.m.
While three charming old Capitol Hill buildings are sentenced to be razed by Sound Transit, two modern buildings get approval from the Seattle landmarks board: a sleek International-style office building and a quirky Ballard diner.
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Bucking the trend by pouring it straight
Posted Thu, Nov 22, midnight
In Starbucked, a Portlander chronicles the rise of the coffee chain we hate to love.
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Seattle is happy to make you fat
Posted Thu, Aug 2, 11 p.m.
When it comes to the war on obesity, this place is a merchant of death. Meanwhile, fat America – which is most of us – gets the blame.
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Just another metropolis
Posted Fri, Jul 6, midnight
There remain only hints of Seattle's scrappy, provincial heritage of fish, timber, and frontier commerce – of even the sonic and binary booms that propelled the modern city to greatness. Seattle no longer feels unique.
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Another roadside attraction is about to be demolished
Posted Tue, Jun 26, midnight
Hold the wrecking ball. You know that funny looking Denny's in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood? It's slated to be razed for condos. So what? It turns out it's an important piece of modern architecture with historic links to Seattle's coffee culture.
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Posted Tue, Apr 3, 1 a.m.
One of the original founders of Starbucks mulls the famous Schultz memo and offers his thoughts on world coffee hegemony.
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