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Monthly Archives: September 2014

It’s Called Madness

  I'm riding the bus home tonight, racking my brain for particulars. He had a helmet, I'm thinking. It's just after 1am, and I'm sitting...

It’s PARK(ing) Day in Seattle, come join us Downtown!

Come join us for PARK(ing) Day! Our parklet is on the west side of First Avenue between Stewart St and Virginia St (map).You’ll find...

50 parklets for PARK(ing) day, and we’re one of them

You read that right. This year, Seattle will host 50 parklets across the city, up from 46 from the previous. We're number 13 on the...

An architect’s perspective: The details of microhousing projects

Editor's note: This is a cross-post by David Neiman, founder of Neiman Taber Architects, a local architecture firm that designs microhousing projects.  We recently designed...

ICYMI: Bicyclist numbers triple on Second Avenue thanks to new bikeway

With the introduction of new protected bike lanes last week, we knew that ridership in Downtown would skyrocket. We just didn't know how much....

Mayor Murray critiques Council’s microhousing legislation, threatens veto

Mayor Ed Murray sent a strong letter addressed to the Seattle City Council yesterday. In it, he dropped a big critique on Council's approach to...

Potential Fraud Provides A Good Time To Review The Carpool Incentive

Back in August, Kiro TV reported that Fred Bonner, a 25 year veteran of the Seattle Municipal Court, has likely been taking advantage of a...

PLUS Committee to create final microhousing legislation today

Image: Microhousing in Wallingford by Footprint. The long hard road to a new set of rules for microhousing may finally be coming to a conclusion....