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ID going to new heights … not sitting well with some

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The City of Seattle is weighing a proposal that would allow for taller buildings in the International District (ID). The rezoning plan hopes to bring

Blog: The arch nemesis of the Chinatown ID Lunar New Year Festival: rain

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Luckily, people forgot about nature’s nuisance when they saw a rainbow of kids dressed in Asian costumes marching to the stage.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a parade, a rabbit competition, and dine out for only $2 a plate

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Did you know that children born in 2011 will be articulate, talented, and ambitious? This is according to the Chinese zodiac, which is based on the lunar calendar.

Set up shop in the ID, get months of free rent

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With the recent economic downturn, many businesses are closing down and property owners are hard pressed to find new tenants to occupy their storefronts.

Blog: Don’t ever believe that if it rains, no one will show up.

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Organizers of the Chinatown/ID Lunar New Year Celebration, the CIDBIA, prayed that there would be no rain on Lunar New Year’s eve.

Year of the tiger to break record? CIDBIA to beat last year’s turnout.

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While planning last year’s Lunar New Year Celebration, Maribeth Ellis and Julia Nelson of the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) expected approximately 4,000 people to attend the celebration throughout the day.

What’s coming to Lunar New Year? A children’s parade!

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For Maribeth Ellis, executive director of the Chinatown/International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA), watching the never-before-seen throngs of families who packed themselves into the International District (ID) for last year’s Lunar New Year Celebration, which CIDBIA organized, was a moment of triumph. Last year was the first year the celebration was held outside of King Street Station and into the ID.