Author: Jeff Stevens

Seattle’s University District might seem like a sleepy place these days, but circa 1969, it was a hotbed of radicalism, revolutionary fervor, and — 45 years ago this week — violent rioting. Jeff Stevens tells you all about it.

A brief historical treatise on Left Bank Books, easily among Seattle’s most beloved independent bookstores ever. Jeff Stevens brings you further Old Seattle history.

Smith Cove, located at the southern foot of Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, might seem sleepy these days — yet on this date in 1934, it was the site of a truly epic labor-management struggle. Jeff Stevens histories you once again.

Seattle circa 1995: gentrification was the word — and Sidran City was then so eager to welcome NikeTown that SPD sent a SWAT team to bust a nonviolent protest. Jeff Stevens histories you.

If you think I-5 is the ugliest thing in Seattle, you’re not alone. In fact, a small group of activists once opposed its construction here. Jeff Stevens tells the tale at the Star.

The Metropolis was a legendary all-ages music venue that helped foment Seattle’s underground music scene from May 1983 to March 1984. Jeff Stevens brings you further local music history.

Whose freeway? Our freeway!

Benjamin Linder was not from Seattle, but his time here as a UW student was fondly remembered by many locals in the wake of his assassination by CIA-backed Contras on this date in 1987. Jeff Stevens tells the tragic story.

The spring of 1970 was an intense time to be a radical in Seattle.