Claim OwnershipThe Corner: 23rd and Union
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The Corner: 23rd and Union is a public radio documentary you help create. It's about change in Seattle's historically African American, and gentrifying, Central District.
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Tell your story! Call 877-723-8646.
Go to http://23rdandunion.org
Subscribe to get a new 1-3 minute story twice a week, from our producers or our story hotline.
Tell your story! Call 877-723-8646.
Go to http://23rdandunion.org
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Sonia Richter has lived near 23rd and Union for 25 years. Even after all that time she is not sure what to think of the corner. Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion #029 Sonia Richter: What to Think? (The Corner)
Ben calls to say that he isn’t really sure whose corner this is. He wishes 23rd and Union could be a more community friendly place. #028 Ben: Whose Corner? (The Corner) Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion
In the third and final in-depth feature about 23rd and Union, community members talk about gentrification, and how it’s changing the community in Seattle’s Central District. Learn more: http://23rdandunion.org #026 Part Three: The Change Came (The Corner: 23rd and Union) … Continue reading →
Tanya Gail Beverly recalls how she would go to the Jack in the Box on 23rd and Union to find out where the house parties were. #027 Tanya Gail Beverly: The One Place (The Corner) Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion
In the second of three in-depth features about 23rd and Union, we hear how Civil Rights struggles and crack cocaine disrupted the neighborhood. Through it all, culture thrived. #025 Part Two: Movement (The Corner: 23rd and Union) Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion/features.htm
Robin lived on 24th and Union in the 1950’s. She remembers watching the Mardi Gras Parade. She says that because of her memories, it will always be her corner. #024 Robin: My Corner (The Corner) Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion
In the first of three in-depth features about 23rd and Union, we reveal life in the Central District in the decades before and after World War II. It became the center of Seattle’s growing African–American community and the corner, 23rd … Continue reading →
Adriana calls and tells us about her experience with crows on 23rd and Union. Call in with your story before August 31: 877-723-8646 — Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion #022 Adriana: The Crows (The Corner)
Jenny calls to say that she wants her neighbors on the corner to get to know her new baby. Also, Amber moved to the area less than a year ago, and is excited to get to know her neighborhood. Talk … Continue reading →
Stefan Gruber is a former student, and now teacher at Nova High School. He calls in to tell us about the “strange magical effect” he feels at the corner of 23rd and Union. Talk back 877-723-8646 — Learn more: http://kuow.org/23rdandunion … Continue reading →
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