Sadly, the last issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The section with the globe is a commemorative section, the globe itself is very cool. The paper started in 1863. The quote in the photo is from Thomas Jefferson. “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government with out newspapers, or newspapers with out government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” (77 of 365)
Editing to add this link to a cool photo of the neon and metal three story PI globe and the full moon.
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March 23, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Julie McLeod
Do you have another daily in Seattle? Otherwise, it is doubly sad news. I would hate to be without my morning paper…………………….
March 22, 2009 at 7:54 am
Vicki
I read about this with much saddness. Would have also been a great shot for “Recessionary Economics”. I particularly like the angle on this.
March 21, 2009 at 4:10 am
janets365
Great shot, Ellen! Thanks for the link to the globe and moon photo. I’d love to get a fabulous shot like that but I wouldn’t risk $8000 worth of equipment to get it from a kayak.
March 20, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Madelaine
Great shot and a shame that things are ending like this.
March 20, 2009 at 4:19 pm
coffeemonkey
Nice shot. I wish I had been able to find a copy of final printing but boy were they snatched up quick.
I can’t say I am surprised by the closure of the paper and I think it will continue to be a trend around the country. I am about the only person in my age bracket that seems to subscribe to a paper these days but I like getting one. That isn’t the way a lot of people get their news these days.
Like Iona said, I think the PI’s very left leaning staff turned lots of folks off. The bias at the PI was glaring and I never felt like I was ever reading something I could trust when reading the PI.
March 20, 2009 at 8:31 am
dsfisher421
I would hate to lose my morning paper. I know that readership is down; it would be sad if the local journalists are not there to cover the city meetings and report on local issues.
March 19, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Clara
It is sad, but I think that it is also inevitable that newspapers are going to go out of business. I still enjoy reading the morning newspaper, however.
March 19, 2009 at 9:13 am
KarenB
It’s sad – but probably just one of the first in a string of newspaper closings. I wonder what the future media outlet will be. I stopped subscribing to our daily newspaper a few years ago – and just visit their free online site daily.
March 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Iona
Many years ago when we drove down the street (can’t remember it’s name now – wonder if it was 6th Ave to Denny Way?) and at the end of 6th Ave on Denny Way street sat the Old PI Building. The globe was spinning round and round. My brother had a newspaper route, and I would sometimes help him. We could see the globe from where his route ran.
Years later, the place where we once lived was removed to make a parking lot for the Century 21 World’s Fair – the one where Elvis visited. The Space Needle was built for that Fair. So, my old home place is just within walking distance from where the Old PI Globe and where the Space needle sit.
Many will mourn the passing of the PI. I think the publication’s very liberal stance could have contributed to its demise even though Seattle is a very liberal town – unlike the eastern section of the State and some of the Western portion as well.
Good photo to fit the theme.
March 18, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Ellen
Iona , I guess it depends on how one defines liberal.. Hope you see the link to the full moon and the PI globe. (It moved to a building on the waterfront quite some time ago.)
March 18, 2009 at 7:43 pm
~Val
How sad… I wonder why it quit in the middle of the week? Our local paper is getting skinnier and skinnier. I get a lot of national news online, but our paper is where we catch up on the local news, the comics, and, of course, the crossword puzzle…
Is the paper continuing, just online only? Or is it completely tanked?
March 18, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Ellen
Val – The paper was Hearst and the online version is going to be an experiment it seems looking for a business model that works. Crosswords on the computer just will not do.
March 18, 2009 at 6:32 pm
mljrbg
How sad. This newspaper has been around for all those years and now it will be no more.
March 18, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Lorri
I wondered if you would get a shot of the paper, Ellen. The closing has made national news today. An internet memorial to the newspaper is kind of ironic, isn’t it?
March 18, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Bobbie
I really hate to see newspapers closing. It just isn’t the same reading the news on line. Your photo is a wonderful memorial.
March 18, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Danudin
Love the quote, Don’t know the rag but I hope it was only economics notpolitics that brought it down. That would Make T.J.”s quote too poignant.
March 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm
tmcchesney
I saw that this paper was going away on our news, kinda sad – the end of an era! I know as a real estate agent, I no longer advertise in the newspapers because the internet hits a larger share of the market, and the ads in the newspaper are getting so outrageous!