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From “golden doors” to golden gates, a fight for American housing

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Construction cranes: a still life.

Build, baby, build. Encampment cleanup improvement. And the hottest new shopping destination in Capitol Hill.

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Conor Dougherty, Golden Gates

Reporter Conor Dougherty’s latest New York Times piece is titled “Build Build Build Build…” 14 “Builds,” no easy solution. His new book is Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America.

City auditor on encampments trash removal

In the past two years, Seattle has removed at least 5 million pounds of trash from homeless encampments. But a new auditor’s report says the city could and should be doing more. Sydney Brownstone, a reporter with the Seattle Times’ Project Homeless, has been following the story.

Amazon Go groceries

This morning, the first Amazon Go grocery store opened in Capitol Hill. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols was on the scene.

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