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Anyone familiar with Seattle’s Rainier Valley knows it’s a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically. In recent years, some areas of the valley such as Columbia City have gentrified rapidly even while nearby neighborhoods were rocked by the economic downturn, […]http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ScreenHunter_49-May.-14-12.361-563x326.jpg