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John Pastier

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Ballpark economics

Why the Mariners deserve their sticker shock.

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The team that mistook its stadium for a hat

The pluses and minuses of Safeco Field add up to an enormous and telling symbolic system.

Swoopy enough for ya? If only Gehry had designed more of the interior.

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16 Best architectural additions to the city since 1976

1. PIKE PLACE MARKET RESTORATION: Downtown activists and voters saved the Market from destruction more than three decades…

Chihuly-free zone: MG seen from the roof.

Arts & Culture

Cone of Plenty

Hurling praise—and a few stones—at Tacoma's new glass house.

The upper lobby's large window: "What a rarity for a theater, yet what an obviously good idea."

Arts & Culture

Triple feature

The Majestic Bay brings moviegoing back to Ballard—raising questions about design consistency.

Stacked lumber: James Harrison's Daahoud.

Arts & Culture

Split Ends

Art and architecture intertwine at CoCA.

New forms: BAM from the outside

Arts & Culture

Space and light

Bellevue Art Museum's new building challenges suburban context—and exhibition curators.