Crossroads Shopping Center

2010 | Best Cross-Cultural Hub

No, it's not in cosmopolitan Seattle. It's in Bellevue, where Crossroads is as much a community center as a suburban shopping plaza. While it contains chain stores like Hallmark, QFC, and Starbucks, it's also home to branches of the King County Library and Bellevue City Hall. On any given afternoon you'll find immigrants reading newspapers from their native countries, playing solitaire on the computers, and utilizing free Internet and translation services. Men who cannot communicate with one... More »