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In the Nineties, back when I was a young mathematics student at the University of Washington in Seattle, Pioneer Square was a musical wonderland. Grunge was still raw and alive. Venues like The Crocodile and The Off Ramp were packed wall to wall, the air thick with distortion, sweat, and something like civic joy. Back then, you could walk from Pioneer Square after a night of beer and music, all the way up through Belltown and up Queen Anne Hill — dodging taxis, talking with strangers, feeling part of a city that, for all its rain, felt electric.

Unherd     May 12, 2025