Monthly Archives: September 2016
What We’re Reading: Angle Lake, Free Museums, And Pedestrianizing Summit Slope...
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Now bording: Angle Lake Station opens on Central Link today.
Structured over surface: The Wall Street Journal reports that more developers are kicking parking lots...
Human Life Was Made Of These
In filmmaking the edict is to show, not tell. That's why I won't summarize conversations here on the blog and merely tell you about them while...
Georgetown’s New Flashy Combined Sewer Overflow Regulator Station
Better stormwater and sewage management is coming to Georgetown soon. King County is sponsoring a project to construct a new combined sewer overflow (CSO)...
Highlighting Good Design: Closing Out The Seattle Design Fest
Here at The Urbanist we thoroughly enjoyed the Seattle Design Festival, which stretched from September 10th to the 23rd. We highlighted women currently working...
Council’s Homeless Sweeps Bill Could Lead To Showdown With Mayor
The Seattle City Council's Human Services and Public Health Committee held a special meeting yesterday (video) to consider legislation to make treatment of the...
Link 2.0: First Peek At Sound Transit’s New Siemens LRVs
Sound Transit's Board of Directors approved today, by unanimous vote, the purchase of the next round of light rail vehicles (LRVs) from Siemens. As...
Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Christine Scharrer
With over 20 years experience, Christine Scharrer leads Scharrer Architecture and Design, on a variety of architecture and design projects. She was the founding co-chair of the American...
About That $210 Million Youth Jail…
Block The Bunker activists celebrated after Mayor Ed Murray backed down and put the $149 million North Precinct police building on hold. But they...