Sound Transit cannot let our treasured Chinatown International District (CID) become collateral damage for yet another regional infrastructure project, when there is a better alternative.
ST fails to deliver on final station placement — Postpones announcement for two weeks
Walking into the Sound Transit (ST) System Expansion Meeting (SEC) almost 10 minutes late, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott laid down a bag from McDonald’s and a drink.
COMMENTARY: Reader pushes for North and Sound Sound Transit design, over CID
After reading pages of Sound Transit study and reports, the superior choice for the transit construction to serve the Chinatown-International District (CID) is clearly the North and South (N&S) design.
Community shows splintering over ST’s new transit hub
Every time a speaker at a Sound Transit (ST) board meeting on Feb. 23 came out in favor of building a new transit hub on Fourth Avenue—along the rim of the CID—scores of senior citizens sitting in the audience held up their hands and waved their fingers back and forth, like leaves fluttering on branches.
EDITORIAL: Has the CID really recovered? — 40 years since the Wah Mee massacre
Forty years ago on Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were shot to death at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown in what became known as the Wah Mee massacre—the worst mass murder in Seattle history.
CID encampment fire possibly caused by meth lab elements
A preliminary investigation of a fire in the Chinatown-International District (CID) reveals that it may have been caused by elements of a methamphetamine lab.
CID protesters wait in vain after Constantine interrupts comments
In a move that effectively emptied a packed boardroom of around 100 protesters from the Chinatown-International District (CID), King County Chief Executive Dow Constantine halted public comment after less than half of those signed up had given testimony at a Sound Transit (ST) board meeting on Jan. 26.
Inslee meet with CID community leaders, gives update on encampments
Gov. Jay Inslee hopes to address one of the biggest issues in the Chinatown-International District (CID) with the help of the state legislature.
No promises from Sound Transit about following its own plans
At a Sound Transit (ST) workshop for business owners in the Chinatown-International District (CID) late last month, a young man in jeans and a cotton jacket came in and sat down at the table.
Park lid concept reevaluated
With the fate of the Chinatown-International District (CID) hanging in the balance, some community members consulted an architect not associated with Sound Transit (ST) for a reevaluation of the “park lid” concept.