Yearly Archives: 2016
How To Triage ST3 Package: Build Ballard First
My initial impressions of Sound Transit's draft plan for Sound Transit 3 were that it was weighted too heavily to delivering project to the...
Sunday Video: Seattle’s Daily Grind
A short montage featuring unqiuely Seattle moments from local parks and Seattle Center to coffeehouses and Pike Place Market. It pays homage to creativity...
What We’re Reading: Bertha, Buses, and Bids
Impending doom: The Seattle Times reports on the challenges and risks as Bertha edges under SR-99 and Downtown, including fears that more sinkholes might follow ($),...
Pioneer Square Humor
She's repeating. We had this exact same exchange five minutes ago. "I'm a little tipsy," she'd said upon boarding, a woeful understatement.
"Yeah you are,"...
Endorsement: Convention Center Addition Public Benefit Requests
The Urbanist Board of Directors has submitted a letter to the Seattle Department of Transportation endorsing several neighborhood organizations' public benefit requests for the...
PLUZ Committee Analyzes Bitter Lake Rezone And Design Review Program Changes
At a meeting of the Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee on Tuesday, Councilmembers were briefed by City staff on a density-neutral rezone...
Plan To Double The Seattle Housing Levy Chugs Ahead
On Monday, the Select Committee on the 2016 Seattle Housing Levy held a public hearing on doubling the housing levy and received very positive...
On Donald Trump And Resistance To Change
Donald Trump’s ascension to the Republican presidential nomination has played out before our eyes over the past few month. At first, many of us...