"Reflections on Old Justice" by Jonathan Hanlon Each plane of the central library's glass skin reflects, absorbs, or becomes transparent to light in different ways—like a giant, irregular gemstone—depending on your distance from it, your point of view, the time of day, and the weather. Jonathan captures each one of these behaviors in this shot. Thanks for sharing this with the Seattlest Flickr pool! Reflected in one plane is the extremely hot, albeit prosaically named,......

If you like trucks, if you like the darndest equipment and gear, or if beefy firefighters and/or the color fuck me red turns you on, grab the family and head on over to Fire Station 17 this weekend! They are having an Open House this Saturday. We live about two blocks from these guys and girls and they really earn their keep; we're glad to have them as neighbors. We occasionally see one come......

The UW became a more urban campus today with the purchase of the Safeco tower. Don't get us wrong; we love the sprawling, verdant expanses, nooks, and crannies of the main campus. However, a properly urban university -- like its students -- should engage with its neighborhood by wandering beyond campus and fanning into the surrounding area. We like having the UW as our neighbor and like it being positively involved in the neighborhood.......