It’s no longer the tallest building around, but Smith Tower is still a distinctive part of Seattle’s skyline. Here, dramatic clouds pass by in October. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
It's no longer the tallest building around, but Smith Tower is still a distinctive part of Seattle's skyline. Here, dramatic clouds pass by in October. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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The penthouse atop Smith Tower is on the rental market for the first time

The 2,128-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment at the top of Seattle's historic Smith Tower spans two floors with triangular windows offering views of the city and Elliott Bay. A spiral staircase leads to the glass globe at the very top of the tower.

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A survey of 14 regional Independent Investigative Teams that responded to 18 police-involved deaths found fewer than half included two community representatives, as required by Initiative 940, a voter-approved police accountability law.

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Thursday, Feb. 10, 2021 Downtown Seattle shot for the series about the downtown bouncing back after COVID. 216349
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Justin Dunn does defensive drills at spring training Thursday. The Seattle Mariners held Spring Training camp Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ. 216470
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Ben Haggerty, known professionally as Macklemore, hits a golf ball at Jefferson Park driving range. In the last few years, Macklemore has become obsessed with golf and last week launched a new apparel golf line, Bogey Boys. Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 216410 (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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These girders, 42 in all, were installed January 29-31 over the Eastbound lanes of state route 520 at Montlake. This is the first stage of a lid that will cover both Westbound and Eastbound lanes. Girders will be installed this weekend over the Westbound lanes across from the already installed girders shown here. This weekend all westbound lanes of the highway will be closed starting Friday February 5 from 11 pm to 5am Monday February 8 between 92nd Avenue Northeast and Montlake Boulevard. 216315
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A still from a video shows former Tukwila police officer Nick Hogan used an unsanctioned takedown against Alvin Walker in 2011, breaking Walker’s elbow. Hogan was fired after multiple investigations found he violated department policy, and later pleaded guilty to violating a suspect’s civil rights, but he retained his state certification.
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This is what Highway 1 at Rat Creek looked like after a slide washed out 150 feet of roadway in January. Travelers on a coastal road trip will have to take a detour for the next several months. (Caltrans/TNS) 8697663W 8697663W

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Business & Tech

The expanded Sea Breeze is now finished, but will remain docked indefinitely at its shipyard in Sicily, says Christopher Prelog, president of Windstar Cruises.

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Letter carrier Angel Garcia delivers mail to a snow covered neighborhood after a second winter storm brought more snow and continued freezing temperatures to North Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Richardson, Texas. “We’re going slow, but we are getting it delivered,” Garcia said of USPS mail deliveries. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP) TXDAM802 TXDAM802

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The new location of the beloved local chain will share the archetypal drive-in aesthetic of the rest, as shown in this rendering of the building topped with lit-up orange “Dick’s.”

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Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street. It’s by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. Dr. King was only 39-years-old when assassinated: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Maybe a Black History Month ref) LO MLK Friday Feb 26, 2021 216505
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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Gene Moy, Army Veteran from 1941 to 1945 at 103-years-old is thought to be oldest living Chinese American Veteran. Today Moy received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care Hospital. “I feel like a movie star” said Gene as cameras clicked away. 216465
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Singing for their supper: California sea lions serenade outside the waterway leading to the Hiram Chittenden Locks yesterday. They could be craving succulent winter steelhead returning to Puget Sound at this time. All of these sea lions are males; their mates are staying with their young in the Channel Islands of California. LO LO 216418
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