Photograph by Michael Discenza

....[In Seattle] we need a new ethic of place — one that has room for salmon and skyscrapers, suburbs and wilderness, Mount Rainier and the Space Needle — one grounded in history.

Matthew Klingle — American Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College, Specialist in Western North American History, and Author of “Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle” (Date of Birth unknown).