Monthly Archives: February 2017
U District Zoning And Development Regulations Could Get An Overhaul
The University District rezone and urban design framework may finally become reality--in part. Legislation to rezone and update development regulations throughout much of the...
Seattle Takes A Conservative Legal Approach To Inclusionary Zoning
Editor’s Note: This article is largely informed by a comprehensive look at the legality of inclusionary zoning by Josephine Ennis which can be found...
Sunday Video: Rails To Rubber
Transitioning Seattle's transit network from streetcars to buses and trolleys was greeted as cutting edge in 1940. It doesn't feel that way now. Regardless, this...
What We’re Reading: The Empire Strikes Back
DACA Holder Gets ICE'd: The white nationalist empire struck back as ICE detained Daniel Ramirez Medina, a DACA holder, on what appears to be trumped...
Seattle, Center Of The Modern Universe
History is going to love this corner of our country.
By now you know that the Washington State Attorney General sued the Federal Government of...
City Tells Convention Center: Addition Public Benefits Are Too Small
Yesterday both the City of Seattle and Community Package Coalition told the planners of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition that the public benefit...
Northedge Building Brings New Cafe And Office Space To Wallingford
Wallingford is booming around Gas Works Park. AMLI Partners recently opened twin apartment buildings with 239 units, and the big Northedge office building (pictured above) is mostly...
Mitigating Displacement: The Edith Macefield Story
Those who oppose development in Seattle have no greater symbol than the so-called "Up House" in Ballard where Edith Macefield held out against the...