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Sunday Video: Seattle Moves A Mountain, The Denny Regrade

January 11, 2015

This video is a time capsule in two ways: First it provides a fascinating history of the sluicing of Denny Hill into Puget Sound during the Denny Regrade project and, second, it shows the man-conquers-nature attitude from when it was made (1970).

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Meetups

Monthly Urbanist social hour meetups are back. They will take place on third Thursdays from 5:30 to 7pm at Stoup Capitol Hill. The next is April 18.

Check our urbanist events calendar to see everything happening this month, including events hosted by partner organizations. You can submit your event for inclusion.

Our January meetup was in Yesler Terrace with featured guest Terry Galiney of the Seattle Housing Authority.

The Urbanist hosted a post-election panel in Belltown on November 29.

Watch The Urbanist’s Seattle City Budget Workshop, which was broadcast on October 30.

The Urbanist hosted a bike ride with Ray Delahanty of CityNerd on Lake Washington Boulevard on Saturday September 16. Check out our recap and pitch for year-round pedestrianization.

Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm was our Urbanist Meetup guest on May 9. Watch the video.