The beloved Capitol Hill thrift establishment at 312 Broadway E didn’t shut a lot as rework. Magpie Thrift opened its doorways in April 2025, taking up the identical 12,500-square-foot, two-level area and conserving nearly all the identical workers from the previous Lifelong Thrift, which ran there for a decade earlier than redirecting its focus to expanded meal and housing providers. Former Lifelong director Tamara Asakawa based Magpie, and the bones of the place (proper right down to the queer neighborhood memorabilia on the partitions) stayed intact.
Magpie sells clothes, equipment, homewares, furnishings, and vinyl information throughout its two ranges, with an “As Is” part for objects that want slightly love however are too good to toss. The shop is a proud accomplice of Everly Seattle, a brand new nonprofit that channels proceeds towards round care, LGBTQ+ senior help (together with a “Downsize with Dignity” program), and neighborhood occasions. Open Tuesday by means of Sunday, it stays precisely what it all the time was: Capitol Hill’s neighborhood division retailer, simply with a brand new identify on the door.
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