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New Connections: Building Urban Planning Networks to Foster Healthy Cities
Guest Contributor and Lisa Aponte-Soto (Guest Contributor) -
People of color are more likely to develop chronic diseases and die younger than white adults. Genetics aside, environmental issues in urban communities--scarce access...
Part One: So You Think You’re An Urbanist?
Guest Contributor and Michael Lanthier (Guest Contributor) -
Readings To Challenge Your Urbanism
“Without theory we can scarcely claim to know our own identity.” – David Harvey
So you think you’re an urbanist, right?...
Convention Center’s Personal Ties Overshadow Public Mission
Guest Contributor and David Dahl (Guest Contributor) -
The Washington State Convention Center’s (WSCC) expansion project is being examined both at the county level for the sale of Convention Place Station and...
Event: Neighborhood Action Coalition & Seattle Weekly Candidate Jeopardy
Guest Contributor and Greater Seattle Neighborbood Action Coalition (Guest Contributor) -
Let’s face it: our political system is broken. There are many causes and lots of symptoms showing how deeply and widely troubled our democracy...
This Place Matters: Main Streets And Community By Design
Guest Contributor and Kathryn Higgins (Guest Contributor) -
In 1977, in the midst of the worst nationwide recession since World War II, the National Trust for Historic Preservation founded the Main Street...
Seattle Move-In Fee Legislation: The Evolution Of A Loophole
Guest Contributor and Curtis Little (Guest Contributor) -
During a full council meeting on October 17th, 2016, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to send Council Bill 118817, popularly known as the...
From a thousand miles away I drive you to this traffic snarl my dear.
One mile stretch Northbound Exit 164 Seneca street.
The city smiles like...
Commuters Anticipate Changes Coming To I-90 With June Revamp
Guest Contributor and Newroz Saribas (Guest Contributor) -
Interstate 90 runs just more than 3,000 miles from Boston to Washington state, but it’s the relatively tiny 10-mile stretch connecting Bellevue to Seattle...