Goodbye P.I.

kap0w — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:20:17 +0000

Seattle used to have two newspapers. Last week, after publishing since the Civil War, the Seattle Post Intelligencer called it quits. Well… technically they’re still going to publish. Online only, and with a small fraction of the staff. The fact that their website looks pretty much like it did while they were failing doesn’t bode well for the future.

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm	Shutter:	1/8 s
Creation Date:	2009:03:20 06:59:22	Aperture:	f/4.0
Artist:	Ari Brown	ISO:	200
Exposure Mode:	Normal program	Focal Length:	32 mm

The last sign left that the P.I. ever was are the newsstands littering the city. Unlike the free paper boxes, which at least fill up with trash, the P.I. with it’s $.50 cost is doomed to lonlieness until someone bothers to tear it free of it’s physical existance.

Goodbye P.I. No longer is it in you.

Goodbye P.I. is a post from: Ari Takes Pictures

Before The Globe Stops Spinning

kap0w — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:02:54 +0000

For now, Seattle has two newspapers – the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer. They’re both middling at best, but at least the Seattle PI has a great spinning globe atop it’s office building. It’s been around since 1948 and even moved with the PI to their current location 23 years ago.

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm	Shutter:	5 s
Creation Date:	2009:03:13 18:32:50	Aperture:	f/22.0
Artist:	Ari Brown	ISO:	100
Exposure Mode:	Shutter priority	Focal Length:	82 mm

As far as I’m concerned, the globe is the best thing about the paper. I’ve always loved driving by and watching “It’s In The PI ***” as it rotates past. Unfortunately, rumors are that the PI will stop publishing soon. The exact date is unknown (as they’d rather not have the staff pick up and leave with a few issues left to print) but all the final pictures have been taken, so I went down to Myrtle Edwards Park last night (the only spot where you can get a good shot of the globe without access to a high-rise) to take some pictures before the globe stops spinning.

Camera & Lens	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm	Shutter:	5 s
Creation Date:	2009:03:13 18:32:50	Aperture:	f/22.0
Artist:	Ari Brown	ISO:	100
Exposure Mode:	Shutter priority	Focal Length:	82 mm

I don’t know what will happen to this Seattle landmark. The last time it was turned off for an extended amount of time (in the 50′s to save energy), it almost shook itself to pieces when they tried to start it back up. Whatever happens to the paper, I hope the globe lives on. It’s been a piece of Seattle far longer than I have and it would be a shame to see it go.

Before The Globe Stops Spinning is a post from: Ari Takes Pictures

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Goodbye P.I.

Before The Globe Stops Spinning