The Exchange Building (at left) houses other retail businesses, including Pacific Drugs and Tully’s Coffee that are staying open during construction planned by Beacon Capital. (Photo by Atoosa Moinzadeh)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.