Yearly Archives: 2016
King County Planners Reject Urban Growth Area Expansion Proposals
Cities and counties throughout the region have been pushing to complete their comprehensive plan updates for the 2035 plan period, a 20-year planning horizon....
The Metro Neighborhood: A Renewed Vision for Downtown Seattle
The University of Washington (UW) is one of Downtown Seattle's largest landowners, but you wouldn't know it just by being there. The university controls...
Seattle Ranked As A Top LGBT-Friendly City
Seattle received a perfect score on the 2015 Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for the fourth consecutive year. The report, compiled by the Human Rights...
Sunday Video: Shipwrecks of Lake Union
The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) shares a piece of Lake Union's hidden history. Long a place of maritime industry, and now home to new industries and...
What We’re Reading: Tall Timber Towers
Tall timber tower: Lever Architecture has proposed a 130-foot timber-framed tower in Portland's Pearl District. It would be one of tallest wood towers in...
I’ve Been Sainted
"IT'S ONLY FRIDAY BUT I'M ALREADY EXCITED FOR FOOTBALL ON SUNDAY!"
That isn't me talking. As you may have guessed. It's Mr. Weyling, described in...
Map of the Week: Natural Hazards in Seattle
The Cascadian Region is formed from its very active, and occasionally violent, natural environment. It's seismically active, floods, has land slides, and sometimes large waves inundate...