Yearly Archives: 2015
Toward Affordable Housing: Seattle Adopts A Commercial Linkage Fee
For more than a year, conversations have been ongoing about both the promise and pitfalls of Seattle's Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) process. But in...
Can Housing Keep Up With Seattle’s Office Boom?
Seattle is essentially gaining a second downtown with the emergence of South Lake Union (SLU) as a business and residential center where it seems new...
Sunday Video: Urban Exploring
The New York Times does a short documentary on "UrbExers," people who 'visit locations people don't normally get to visit.'
What We’re Reading: Voters Were Generous in 2015 General Election
Forest in the clouds: Switzerland has wild plans to build a livable forest on a sky-high tower.
State of emergency: Local electeds put together an...
Back Door Man
A figure slips on through the back door at outbound 12th and Jackson, against the rules. Maybe he's doing it in loving memory of...
Fridaygram: From Railway Yards and Dilapidated Parking Lots to Millennium Park
In 1998, the Mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley announced a vision to redevelop the rail tracks and dilapidated surface car park that consumed...
Seattle 2035: Explore the Draft Plan and Weigh In
For the past two years, the City of Seattle has been hard at work to develop an updated citywide Comprehensive Plan. Seattle 2035, as...
Let’s Get Ready For #NACTO16!
We passed the Move Seattle Levy!!
The future of living in Seattle suddenly seems a lot more hopeful.
We’ll be repairing bridges, repaving roads, replacing broken...