Monthly Archives: August 2015
A Bright Light: Residence Inn at the Denny Triangle
A new hotel project could soon be breaking ground in what used to be a no-mans-land on the edge of Downtown Seattle. The Stonebridge...
Sunday Video: 1884 Cartograph of Seattle
An 1884 cartograph details a growing Seattle as it was at the time. One presenter takes viewers through the map features and history contained...
What We’re Reading: Clogged
Red and blue: A brief history of what colors Link Light Rail lines are supposed to be designated as.
Drop in the bucket: Even doubling...
Fridaygram: Gas Works Park
One of Seattle’s most unique places, Gas Works Park, is a pioneering example of the regeneration of a contaminated industrial site as a public...
Real-Time Information Signs Going Live On Route 44 Soon
Later this month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will flip the switch on newly installed real-time information signs (RTIS) in North Seattle. Between Ballard and the...
The Crane @ Interbay
One project in Interbay embodies how big development can be accomplished at a definitively fine grain and tailored toward the human scale. The proposal...
Futurism: Did They Get It Right?
We're all familiar with vintage cartoons like The Jetsons (Orbit City) and Batman (Gotham City) that depict an urban futurism that seems, now, all too unlikely — at...
How To Think About Access In Evolving Seattle
Questions and answers about accessing cities and neighborhoods once spoke the language of exit ramps, street widening and parking adequacy. Now, different conversations, and...