Landmarking the P-I Globe
Everyone in Seattle knows the P-I Globe. Along with the Pink Elephant Car Wash sign and Pike Place Market clock, it’s one of our city’s most beloved icons. During the last days of the P-I’s print edition many of us became concerned that the Hearst Corporation (owner of the P-I) might demolish the Globe or perhaps banish it to the same limbo where the Bubbleator is.
Hearst still could remove or demolish the Globe, but Councilmembers Burgess, Godden and I thought we’d like to give them every incentive to not. To that end, we’ve nominated the Globe to become a landmark by the City’s Landmarks Preservation Board. With any luck they’ll approve our nomination and then send legislation to the Council to approve the terms and conditions of the designation. Hearst would get the warm feeling of having done well by an icon that has done them well for more than 60 years; it would be good for the citizens of Seattle because it would help us keep our beloved icon.
If you have any questions, please contact David Yeaworth david.yeaworth@seattle.gov in my office.
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