On the night of Dec. 8, Tanya Woo was out with other volunteers assisting the unhoused population and trying to prevent fires in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Louisa Hotel: A monument to a vanishing Chinatown returns
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Trapped by millions of dollars in debt after her family’s hotel collapsed in 2013, Tanya Woo walked the streets of the Chinatown-International District (ID), […]
Prohibition-era murals found at former Seattle hotel
By NICOLE BRODEUR The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — Tanya Woo used to cry when she started down the basement stairs of the building on King Street, and when you […]
The Chinatown/ID skyline is changing — At least a quarter of a billion dollars is being invested in the ID
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The International District (ID) is the new hot spot for real estate development. Today, there are nearly a dozen real estate projects in the […]
Louisa Hotel groundbreaking
The Woo family marked the groundbreaking of its new building on 669 South King Street on Feb. 12. On Christmas Eve 2013, a fire in the western half of the […]
BLOG: My top 10 lunar new year wishes NO TRUMP and …
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In the Year of the Monkey, I raise my glass, celebrating that most of my 2015 wishes for the community came true. Last February, […]
Joe McDermott visits ID
On Oct. 22, King County Council member Joe McDermott visited three historic buildings located in the International District. The Bing Kung Association Building, Louisa Hotel and West Kong Yick Building […]
Kong Yick investment firm awarded 4Culture grant
By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly In late June 2015, King County 4Culture awarded a special project grant to the Kong Yick Investment Company. The funding will produce a planning […]
2014: A year of highs and lows for Chinatown and the Asian American community
Was the Year of the Horse that disastrous for the Asian community? Or are there valuable lessons we can draw to prepare for a better year?
Preserving the historic Louisa Hotel
By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Approximately 40 people from the public and the International District business community met in the Bush Hotel on