Yearly Archives: 2016

Seattle Will Work Through A Litany Of Planning Issues In 2016

2016 promises to be a very busy year for urban planning issues in Seattle. In the first meeting of the new Planning, Land Use,...

First Hill Streetcar Opens with Lessons for Future Lines

  Seattle’s new streetcar route, the First Hill line, finally opened on Saturday. Despite the cold and rain, months of tantalizingly empty test runs and the...

Mapping Historic Ballard: Shingletown To Tomorrow Call For Volunteers

It’s time to hit the streets for the survey portion of the Mapping Historic Ballard portion of the Department of Neighborhood’s Small & Simple...

Upcoming Event: HALA Work Plan Launch

Tomorrow evening, starting at 5pm, there is a meeting to officially launch the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) work plan for 2016. Mayor Ed...

Madison BRT Moves To Full Council

On Friday, the Seattle City Council's transportation committee voted to send the locally preferred alternative of the Madison bus rapid transit (BRT) project to a...

Sunday Video: Engaging Community In Design

Alejandro Aravena received the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize, with the jury stating his work "epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect, especially in his...

First Hill Streetcar Begins Service

At approximately 11.00am yesterday, the first trip on the First Hill Streetcar departed its Pioneer Square station at Occidental Avenue & Jackson Street with Mayor Ed...

The Harder Thing

"Hey, Bashi." He tells me I'm his favorite, the best. He asks if I remember him. "Of course I remember you!" I was just about to...