Yearly Archives: 2015
University of Washington’s New Spaces For Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Editor's Note: Rendering for the featured image is by MIR.
The University of Washington is wrapping up major construction of new student housing in the West...
Join The Urbanist for a Walking Tour of Ballard
Ballard is in the midst of rapid change with scores of projects in the planning and development stages, but it is also one of Seattle's...
Map of the Week: Equal Population Mapper
The good folks at Slate introduced a creative mapping tool, dubbed the Equal Population Mapper. This interactive graphic allows users to pick a population...
‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year
Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The group known as...
Public Finance Gaining Steam
In the heat of ongoing debates over the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations, single family zoning, and rent control, it sometimes seems...
Closing Trafalgar Square To Traffic
Framed by grand buildings, Trafalgar Square, was up until the mid-1990s choked by traffic which encircled its edges on four sides. The historic design...
Sunday Video: Downtown
Because Macklemore.
Throwing up the West Side as we tear in the air
Stopping by Pike Place, throwing fish to a player
Downtown, downtown (Downtown)
The Seattle singer...
What We’re Reading: Tides of Change
Packing it in: Despite efforts to spread out development and population growth in Washington, D.C. (the city), most of that has been focused in...