Space Needle News

The Comfort Suites Airport is conveniently located off Interstate 5 and 405, and is minutes from the Starfire Sports complex, Westfield Southcenter mall, Family Fun Center, the Museum of Flight and the Space Needle.

Perhaps Sasquatch! isn't your thing - you'd rather let your freak flag wave a little closer to home, in an all-ages, sage-scented, sockless environment, and for free! The 42nd annual Northwest Folklife Festival has got you covered if banjos are now or have ever been your passion, you've been waiting for an excuse to learn hammer dulcimer within ... (more)

Soon the Space Needle won't be the only futuristic architecture in Seattle's landscape with e-commerce king, Amazon proposing additions to its downtown campus in the form of mirrored skyscrapers and three giant 80-95 feet glass biospheres.

A letter sent to the guest's father referring to the Star Trek pitch and the need for technical advisors.

We first took notice of "The Climber" last summer when photos surfaced of a man with his face blurred sitting atop Seattle's waterfront "Great Wheel." This unattributed photo of a man apparently on top of Seattle's Great Wheel caused some consternation when it surfaced last summer.

It's the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibit at the Seattle Center.

Here's a tiny sampling of Folklife highlights that I either selected after careful consideration or chose practically at random because there's so much to do! Sleeping in Seattle: A Bed-Making Contest! A bed-making demonstration , where experts show you how to wrangle bedsheets into beautiful origami.

Seattle's discoveries run the gamut with a circa 1964 "Star Trek" script and pitch letter; a Civil War dog collar; and Harriet Frishmuth bookends valued at $10,000.

A man who planned to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil was hit and killed while walking alongside the highway on the Oregon Coast.

Dec 23, 2012; Seattle, WA, USA; General view of the Space Needle and the downtown Seattle skyline before the NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks.

This vertical icon of the city is so kitschy it's become cool, and it gives a great view of the city from the top.

A man who plans to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil has made it to the Portland Metro area and was hoping to receive a warm welcome as he was passing through.

We give a high five to our KING 5 Photographers. These gentlemen and ladies are among the best photojurnalists in the nation.

The world's largest tunnel boring machine in a few months will begin digging a new double-decker highway tunnel under downtown Seattle.

Space Needle at night. Space Needle is the most famous structure in Seattle. Its height is 184 metres and it looks like UFO on the stick.