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The whole purpose of using the name Nickelsville is to call out the mayor for his failure to prioritize basic services and shelter.
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SEATTLE - The clock is ticking and time is running out for a new homeless camp in Seattle - dubbed "Nickelsville" - that could be forced to shut down in just hours.
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Nickelsville is the story of Seattle’s roving tent city — currently set up on the empty lot on 25th and King — told from the POV of the people who live there.
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Nickelsville is the story of Seattle’s roving tent city — currently set up on the empty lot on 25th and King — told from the POV of the people who live there.
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The proposal reflects the scope of Seattle's homelessness problem and heightened political tension over the issue, which came to a head with the establishment in 2008 of an encampment dubbed Nickelsville - after former mayor Greg Nickels, who was criticized for his homelessness policies.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WENDY STUECK 2011
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This collapse of the American dream is in evidence at the Seattle homeless encampment called Nickelsville.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Seattle's camp is dubbed Nickelsville - as a jab at the city's former mayor Greg Nickels, who tried to shut it down.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Plus, the homeless camp known as Nickelsville gets evicted.
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Pearl said some students have claimed that when another homeless camp that is unaffiliated with Tent City, the so-called Nickelsville, was at University Christian Church last winter, reported crime in the University District increased.
The Seattle Times 2009
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In the last days of his life, it was a homeless camp, namely Nickelsville, that captured the boy's heart.
Neatorama 2008
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