Photos: A quick spruce up to make this new Amazon city less blah Crystal City, tapped last week to be one of Amazon’s new headquarters, is low on charm and big on boxy office buildings that come in Soviet gray or D.C. beige. Carolyn Adolph
This week we ask: Are you upset about Amazon? Bill Radke discusses the week's news with the Seattle Channel Civic Cocktail's Joni Balter, Seattle Times technology reporter Rachel Lerman and former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. Bill Radke
Amazon's HQ2 (and 3) could mean big changes for Seattle's housing market Kim Malcolm talks with Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather about how Amazon's big plans will affect Seattle's housing market. Kim Malcolm
Queens lawmakers are getting ready to rumble with Amazon Queens politicians have vowed to do something often considered impolite by Seattle standards: fight. Sydney Brownstone
Now that it's over, what was Amazon's HQ2 search really about? Amazon picked two great cities, two of the most vital media markets in the world, with large papers, great reporters, great media and large activist communities. Now comes the real issue. Angela King
Jeff Bezos came to Seattle in a 1988 Chevy Blazer. Here’s why he stayed and built Amazon Joshua McNichols
3 graphs that show how Amazon compares to its sister cities How will Amazon affect Queens, in New York City, and a neighborhood just a mile south of the Pentagon? We looked to information on income, housing costs and education to find out. Kara McDermott
Amazon HQ2 (and 3): The winners are Northern Virginia and New York City Amazon.com, Inc.'s second headquarters are split in two: The company will create new headquarters in National Landing (or Crystal City), in Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York. Carolyn Adolph
Amazon may be looking elsewhere, but Seattle is still near top for tech Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association said the Washington, D.C., beltway is Seattle's equal, when it comes to the size of the tech industry. He was happy to throw New York some shade. Joshua McNichols
