Seattle Is Too Expensive For Artists Who Help It Boom When Chris Lomba and his partners decided to open a music repair shop, they chose a storefront near the corner of Pike and Broadway on the edge of... Marcie Sillman
The Stores Are Gone, But You Can Still Get A Chubby And Tubby Christmas Tree Have you ever heard of the Chubby and Tubby variety stores? Back in the day they were a Seattle institution. They were known for cheap Converse shoes,... Kate OConnell
Chubby And Tubby Site Gives Rise To Immigrant Businesses Chubby and Tubby started selling goods out of a metal hut in 1946 in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. Low overhead costs helped the business owners get started... Joshua McNichols
How Is The Manufacturing Industry Faring In Seattle? Bill Radke talks to Dave Gering, executive director of the Manufacturing Industrial Council, about the state of the small manufacturing industry in... Bill Radke Allie Ferguson
A Ballard Warehouse Dies So That Nordic Culture May Thrive An old metal lathe thunders in the massive warehouse on Ballard’s main street. It sounds like freedom to Denny Jensen, one of those toiling in the maze... Joshua McNichols
Tell Us About A Change In Your Neighborhood The Seattle area is changing so fast. Sometimes you blink, and a place you used to pass by every day has been demolished and replaced with something new... KUOW Staff
