Monthly Archives: October 2015
What We’re Reading: Keeping Sidewalks Open
Bay Area boondoggle: How the Bay Bridge went from $250 million to $6.5 billion. Sound familiar?
New again and again: Over at ATL Urbanist, Darin writes...
Hard Part’s Over
The younger man pays with the change he's carefully counted. He'd just asked how much the bus costs around here. After I give him his...
Seattle Is Squandering Its Public Land
One of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee’s 65 recommendations was that the city prioritize its surplus properties for affordable housing. That...
CLT: What’s All The Excitement About?
Over the last decade, excitement about a new strong, green, and beautiful building material has been growing. Developed in Central Europe in the mid-1990’s, Cross...
Map of the Week: Rainfall Across Seattle Neighborhoods
Some places in Seattle are wetter than others, according to new data from Seattle Public Utilities. SPU recently released a map showing variations in...
2015 General Election Cheat Sheet
It’s October 14th, and you know what that means: ballots are in the mail! Voters are faced with a number of tough choices —...
Out of Scale in Pioneer Square?
A lot of drama has been brewing over the past few months in Pioneer Square. That's because one developer has proposed a new 11-story...
10 Reasons Urbanists Are Voting YES on Prop. 1
As one of America’s largest and quickest growing cities, it makes sense that we should pursue policies that promote a thriving urban environment. The...