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Visit landmarks, get your caffeine and pizza fix, and drop off your mail — 10 things outsiders don’t know about the Chinatown/International District

October 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly 1. Did you know Chinatown is “a city within a city”? It has several doctors, dentists, attorneys, a post office, a library, a church, social services agencies, and a community center. 2. Do you know which ethnic group dominates the Chinatown ID? Chinese is the largest, but the diversity […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Ambrosia Bubble Tea, Caf Bakery, Chinatown International District, Chinese, Getty Images, Native Americans, Oasis Tea Zone, Panama Hotel, Sharon Tomoko Santos, Summit Public School Sierra Charter School, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, Wes Uhlman, Wing Luke Museum Photo, Yummy House Bakery, gary locke, hing hay park

Panama Hotel seeks new owner — International District’s historical national treasure looking for a new future

October 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly The National Trust and the Panama Hotel’s current owner Jan Johnson are moving forward on an important step toward ensuring the hotel’s future. The hotel is a national landmark located in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District. The National Trust and Johnson released a Request for Proposals to find the next owner […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chinatown International District, Jan Johnson, Japanese Americans, National Trust, Northwest Asian Weekly, Panama Hotel, Peggy Chapman, Seattle, Second World War, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

$2.9 million will go to Japanese American confinement sites

June 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced 21 grants totaling more than $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese Americans. More than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned by the U.S. government following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Bainbridge Island, Congressional Gold Medal, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, Japanese Americans, Kara Miyagishima, National Park Service, Panama Hotel, Pearl Harbor, Puyallup Assembly Center, Seattle Temporary Detention Facility, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, War Relocation Authority

Two ID buildings receive 4Culture restoration grants

July 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The 4Culture Board recently awarded $258,006 to support the rehabilitation of 19 local landmarks around King County through the new Landmarks Capital program, including two landmarks in the International District: The Hip Sing Building and the Panama Hotel.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Hip Sing Building, Japanese Architect, King County, Landmarks Capital, Panama Hotel, Sabro Ozasa, Vol 32 No 30 | July 20 - July 26

The “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”

October 5, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Growing up in Seattle’s Chinatown–International District during World War II, Henry Lee has experienced his fair share of problems.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Center Theatre, Chinatown International District, Chinese, Henry Lee, Jamie Ford, Japanese American, Jose Abaoag, Kathy Hsieh, Keiko Okabe, Marcel Davis, Moses Yim, Panama Hotel, Samantha Pak, Seattle Center, Stan Asis, Stephen Sumida, Sydney Andrews, Vol 31 No 41 | October 6 - October 12

BLOG: Jay Inslee in the ID

June 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee, a former congressman, invited me to chat with him at the Panama Hotel recently. Inslee and Organizing for America opened their office close to the International District on Rainier Avenue South. Will Inslee do a better job than his fellow Democrat, current Governor Christine Gregoire, if he […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, Dino Rossi, Governor Brad Owen, Governor Christine Gregoire, International District, Japanese Americans, Jay Inslee, Joby Shimomura, Panama Hotel, Rainier Avenue South, Rob McKenna, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8

Feb. 6: Jamie Ford discusses his book at JCCC

February 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Author Jamie Ford, who is part Chinese, had a special book event and discussed his best-selling novel, “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” at the

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Author Jamie Ford, Chinese, International District, JCCC, Jamie Ford, New York Times, Panama Hotel, Vol 30 No 9 | February 26 - March 4

Gang vandalism in the ID

September 13, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Even the Fu lions guarding the gallery’s front doors were not fierce enough to deter vandals from covering them with what James Russell described as a “filmy” substance.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: Donnie Chin, IDEC, International District, Jan Johnson, Ming Asian Gallery James Russell, Panama Hotel, Samantha Pak, Uwajimaya, parking, vol 27 no 38 | September 13 - September 19

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