Monthly Archives: May 2017

Pike People Street Returns In 2017

For the past two years, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has attempted to try out an idea that works well in high-volume pedestrian-oriented...

18-Acre Laurelhurst Parcel Is Ripe For Midrise

Mike Rosenberg reported yesterday on the pending sale of the Talaris campus--18 acres of prime real estate adjacent to Seattle Children's Hospital in Laurelhurst....

Event: Not Even Barely Legal

Local artist Myra Rara will showcase her thought-provoking work on contemporary urban issues facing Seattle this Thursday at the Capitol Hill Art Walk: Hybrid_Space presents...

What We’re Reading: New Presidential Digs, Toronto Transit, And Expanded PPM

New presidential digs: President Obama has unveiled the concept design of his planned presidential library in Chicago and even suggested that nearby streets should...

Seattle Can Be A More Walkable City

In the new book Drawdown, editor Paul Hawken, an environmentalist and author, lays out 80 solutions to reverse global warming by 2050: modest, attainable goals to...

Reminder: Next Urbanist Meetup Is Tomorrow, May 9th

Another month, another meetup with The Urbanist! Our meetups are open to all and free to attend, so come by if you want to...

Sunday Video: Autonomous Vehicles

Earlier this year, Jeff Speck, urban planner and author of Walkable City, gave a presentation to American mayors on the topic of autonomous cars....

CNU25 Live: Day Four

We’re covering the CNU25 Conference live from Seattle this week. For a play-by-play of the seminars and events, check on back at this post...