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Monthly Archives: March 2015

Othello, Kindness In Dark Places

Rainier and Othello is not an inviting place. You know the landscape: one and two story buildings, mostly residential, with buckling and otherwise eroded...

The Contradiction and Broken Logic of Parking

Seattle is in the midst of a massive change toward a dense, car-free city, but this cultural shift hasn't come without some pinches in the...

Sunday Video: Accessory Dwelling Units

https://vimeo.com/87717129 Accessory Dwelling Units - Take the First Step by Oregon DEQ on Vimeo. Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality gives a short explanation of what accessory...

What We’re Reading: New First Hill Streetcar

Get addicted: Forget SimCity, meet the new Cities: Skylines, a new planning simulator that waste your life away! Let us build rail: Electeds all across...

Shoreline Rezones 185th Street, But Holds Off On 145th Street

Last week, the Shoreline City Council met to approve a rezone in the area surrounding the future 185th Street Station, a light rail station...

The Jimi Hendrix Park: Designed For Rock and Roll

Seattle is getting closer to realizing a long-sought goal, completing construction of Jimi Hendrix Park. On March 19th, the Jimi Hendrix Park Foundation announced...

Pierce Transit Is Getting A Service Boost In June

On March 9th, Pierce Transit’s Board of Commissioners approved a new budget that will increase service hours across the Pierce Transit bus network. 12,000...

Top Apps Emerge from Seattle’s Commute Hackathon

At the end of Seattle's Hack the Commute on Sunday night the judges selected three potentially game-changing software applications for further development. Over the...