The vibe is good in Seattle’s most urban neighborhood. Dynamic, creative, chaotic, the place is buzzing. Still the center of the city’s LGBT community, Capitol Hill is getting a second wind. More than two dozen new apartment complexes are in the pipeline. There’s the Sound Transit remake around the Broadway’s light rail station-to-be. The Egyptian Theater will be revived by SIFF, which signed a lease to operate it year-round. Small, funky local business are thriving, while Elliott Bay Book Co.’s relocation from Pioneer Square some years back has done much to revitalize the the neighborhood’s south side.

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