Feliks Banel

5/19/2023 3:06:15 PM

Community group working to save "Space Needle of Parkland"

When the old Parkland School in Pierce County was threatened with demolition last year, neighborhood members swung into action and handled to convince the owner to sell it to them rather. (Feliks B...

5/10/2023 3:34:43 PM

Chinatown-ID 'Most Endangered' listing energizes preservationists

(Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio). ( Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio). BY FELIKS BANEL. Reporting live from Seattle's past. Seattle's Chinatown-International District has actually j...

5/5/2023 1:35:47 PM

How neon sign preservation transformed a Northwest town

Restoration of the 1938 Chief Theatre neon indication, seen in the background, was the driver that released a campaign to make classic neon a tourist attraction in Pocatello, Idaho. The Molinelli Jewe...

5/2/2023 3:31:48 PM

Northwest inhabitants created DIY federal government in 1843

Joe Meek calls out for males to take sides in the vote to produce a provisionary government in the Pacific Northwest on May 2, 1843 at what's now Champoeg, Oregon. (Courtesy Feliks Banel). ( Court...

4/26/2023 3:56:17 PM

Seattle's cherished and long-lost steam locomotive is heading home

Great Northern Railway's old number 1246 was transferred to the Forest Park Zoo, via Aurora Opportunity, in June 1953; after 43 years in Oregon, it's now coming home to the Northwest Train Museum in ...

4/21/2023 5:52:10 PM

Seattle's coolest jazz club changed decades earlier by parking garage

Jim Wilke stands at the website of The Penthouse, a famous Seattle jazz club which ran from 1962 to 1968 or two and hosted widely known entertainers and routine live broadcasts. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Ne...

4/14/2023 3:50:02 PM

Delighting boat races as soon as operated on the Sammamish Slough

(Image from British Pathé YouTube). ( Photo from British Pathé YouTube). BY FELIKS BANEL. Reporting live from Seattle's past. From the 1930s to the 1970s, the Sammamis...

4/7/2023 2:02:43 PM

Long-lost image found of mystical shipwreck passenger

The only known picture of Fanny Palmer (L) was recently discovered in the collection of the Royal BC Museum by shipwreck hunter Matt McCauley; Palmer was one of the most widely known victims of the w...

5/12/2023 6:12:43 PM

President Carter: 'Moon looks like a golf course' compared to Mount St. Helens

President Carter at the Gifford Pinochot NF Office in Vancouver (Photo from the Forest Service shared by the Carter Presidential Library). ( Photo from the Forest Service shared by the Carter ...

5/8/2023 3:27:01 PM

How Seattleites observed VE Day in 1945

Sailors at King Street Station in Seattle read paper reports of "VE Day" or Allied victory in Europe. (Courtesy MOHAI). ( Courtesy MOHAI). BY FELIKS BANEL. Reporting live from Seattle'...

5/3/2023 4:04:40 PM

Keeping in mind the huge Columbia River flood of 1948

Aerial view of Vanport, Oregon throughout the big Columbia River flood of May 1948. (Courtesy Oregon Historical Society). ( Courtesy Oregon Historical Society). BY FELIKS BANEL. Reportin...

4/28/2023 4:03:35 PM

Delighted 40th birthday to the Tacoma Dome (or is it DomaTacoma?).

The Tacoma Dome is marking its 40th birthday, but some individuals still want the center had actually been called "DomaTacoma" instead. (Thanks To the Tacoma Dome). ( Courtesy of the Tacoma Dome)....

4/24/2023 5:50:33 PM

Interior Secretary consults with Indian boarding school survivors in Tulalip

Numerous people gathered at the Tulalip People' hall near Marysville on Sunday to meet United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and to share memories of mistreatment at so-called "Indian b...

4/19/2023 3:55:23 PM

'Public records demand' reveals politicians choices for Record Store Day

General view inside Sis Ray Shop on Record Shop Day (Image by Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images). ( Photo by Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images). BY FELIKS BANEL. Report...

4/12/2023 8:53:49 PM

Voula's dish consists of yummy food, devoted customers, and even Drake

Detail from the 1958 dining-room mural by artist Gene Buck. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio). ( Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio). BY FELIKS BANEL. Reporting live fro...

3/24/2023 5:12:49 PM

Memorial Stadium's success as 'living memorial' might have doomed it

As The Second World War was still raving, a nationwide project was introduced in 1944 to construct ‘‘ living memorials' in neighborhoods around the country. Individuals of the Evergreen St...

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OPSB and City Locked in Endless Settlement Disputes: Who Will Prevail?

# The Legal Battle Between New Orleans and the Orleans Parish School Board: A Timeline of Tensions The ongoing legal dispute between the City of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB)...