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Homeless camp on the move again.
Their website declares: Nickelsville lives!
Read the story as it progressed last week at the CoJourn blog.
See the week in pictures in the Galleries.
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Homeless camp removed from port property.
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Twelve arrested. More than 70 people displaced.
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| By Scott Sands |
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Although the Port of Seattle had no authority to allow the residents of Nickelsville to remain on port propery, several members and supporters stayed in the camp to be arrested when it was swept by police. The majority of the camp packed their possessions and evacuated Terminal 107 park before police entered the camp.
See the photos of the police sweep, and more.
Read the full story
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| Nickelsville Head of Security Ronald (last name unknown) and another resident, hold signs near the camp's entrance while they wait for port officials to address the Nickelodeons. |
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Pavement for the people
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Parking Day fun facts
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| by Scott Sands |
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Parking Day was started in 2005 by the artist collective, Rebar when someone realized it wasn't against the law to use a parking space for something other than a car.
In contrast, a permit was needed for the participants in Seattle. The pedestrian advocacy group Feet First took voluntary registration fees from participants to pay the city $251.
The mini-lots in Seattle were only allowed to occupy parking spots from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
From one lot set up for 2 hours in San Francisco four years ago, it has become a nationwide event (map).
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Coming Soon: 10th anniversary gallery of the WTO protest.
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A few months after I arrived in Seattle with my old Minolta SRT 101, the protesters also came with the goal of shutting down the World Trade Organization convention.
They succeeded. And I was there from dawn until evening, taking pictures and talking with factions of the protest movement.
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With the help of a friend, in his spare time, I'm getting my old negatives scanned for good digital quality reproduction.
I'll also write about my recollections of the day.
My thanks to Regan Luke for the use of his scanner.
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November 30, 1999: Daffy Duck has been tagged near the heart of the WTO protest. The window next to him is shattered. A peacefull protest that shut down the core of Seattle would latter turn to a riot as people seeing it on the news would come to battle cops, and the police would try to enforce a martial-law curfew.
Photo by Scott Sands
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