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Monthly Archives: March 2016

City Council Votes Today On Buying Pronto Bike Share

Update: Pronto is saved! The bill allocating $1.4 million to buy out Pronto passed 7 - 2 , with Councilmembers Tim Burgess and Lisa...
The preferred WSCC expansion design hangs over the freeway at the west corner of Pine Street and Boren Avenue. At street level this corner of the building will have small retail spaces and building entries. The building's exterior will also have much greater transparency than the original WSCC facility. (LMN Architects)

Urbanist Walking Tour: Convention Center Addition

The Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition will be a $1.4 billion, 1.5 million square feet structure that doubles visitor and exhibition capacity. John...

#Greenwood

As our city continues to discuss how we grow, one phrase that we hear often is “Neighborhood Character.” Often the issue of Neighborhood Character...
Two woman bike without helmets on a street with a bike lane.

Sunday Video: What Defines Dutch Cycling?

The Dutch love to ride their bikes in some unique ways: carrying friends on fenders, towing their four-legged pals at their side, and carrying...

What We’re Reading: Not So Keen On Roundabouts

German ingenuity: The Germans are building affordable housing on top of parking lots in Munich. Olympic scale: A new £1.3 billion masterplan is out for the...

Janette Sadik-Khan To Interview Mayor Murray On March 21st

Janette Sadik-Khan is coming to town to plug her new book, Street-Fight: Handbook for a Urban Revolution, and interview Mayor Ed Murray at an...

Neighborhood Street Fund Grants Deadline Approaches

Though most major transportation improvements are funded from the top down, there are a number of funds that the Seattle Department of Transportation has...

Urbanist Walking Tour: Pike Place Market

The first Urbanist walking tour of 2016 will be heading to Pike Place Market, the oldest continually operating truly public market in North America....