Georgia S. McDade
- Apr 23
"Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites"
Anyone who loves Seattle or wants to know its history has been given a great gift—Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites...
Leschi Council
- Apr 23
LCC Board Support of Steve Shulman Memorial
Several neighbors raised concerns to board members of the Leschi Community Council (LCC) about its stated support for a picnic shelter to...
Roger Lippman
- Mar 26
Life and Times in Leschi: Powell Barnett, Part 3
Powell Barnett’s father brought the family in 1889 from Indiana to the coal town of Roslyn, Washington. The elder Barnett had been...
Leschi Council
- Mar 26
Star Awards: Is there a Star near you?
The Leschi Community Council Board is now accepting applications for our annual Leschi Stars. Applications must be submitted by May 5 to...
Roger Lippman
- Feb 20
Life and Times in Leschi: Powell Barnett, Part 2
In his 1968 interview with Larry Gossett (excerpted here last month), Powell Barnett refers to the fact that housing discrimination was...
Leschi Council
- Feb 20
March event postponed
TO BE RESCHEDULED (originally March 1st, 7pm) Grace Methodist Church (downstairs meeting room) 722 30th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 We are...
Roger Lippman
- Jan 22
Powell Barnett
I recently discovered that the paper archives of the Leschi Community Council (originally known as the Leschi Improvement Council, LIC)...
John Barber
- Jan 21
Remembering a Community Leader
In January, we published a tribute to Thurston Muskelly as he had returned home from the Parkshore retirement community. We were to learn...
Karen Daubert
- Dec 24, 2022
Leschi's Leader: Thurston D. Muskelly
I can’t recall the first time I met Thurston–or even the issue or organization that we had in common at the time–but I do recall the...
Nick Licata
- Nov 26, 2022
Ranked Choice Voting
[Editor’s note: According to Fair Vote Action, “Ranked choice voting (RCV) just had its biggest Election Day ever. RCV Ranked choice...
Linda Spain
- Sep 25, 2022
Steve Shulman Memorial Meeting
Attendees: John Barber Chuck Nordhoff Tracy Bier Jeannie O’Brien Kenny Carlson Lee Olch Mary Charles Linda Spain Simon...
John Barber
- Aug 28, 2022
Honoring Steve Shulman
Many friends of Steve Shulman want to celebrate his record as a person who positively gave himself to the well-being, safety and future...
