American Cities Deserve Better than Disposable Urbanism
It is hard to want something you’ve never had. It’s hard to describe a need you’ve never seen. Numerous cities in the US are not...
Recharge The Battery Advocates Back with New Promenade Vision
In late March, the Seattle City Council voted to turn the Battery Street Tunnel into a modern-day urban landfill. Many local community groups and...
Seattle Design Festival 2019 Takes to the Streets
With neighborhood crawls in Capitol Hill and Georgetown included in a packed schedule of events, the Seattle Design Festival is breaking out of the...
Can Design Review Be Fast And Effective? Seattle Thinks So
Since 1994, Seattle has conducted mandatory design reviews of most large development projects. Design review gives the public (and city planners) a chance to...
Woonerf in Northgate?
A new mixed-use project in the Northgate area may include a new “woonerf” as part of the site design. The imagery from the design documents...
A Unique Downtown Street Corner Could Be Future Home To ‘121 Stewart’
A half block of Second Avenue could soon be home to a new mixed-use high-rise skyscraper called 121 Stewart. This new tower proposal is nestled...
Saving Shorty’s: The Regrade’s The Thing
A pretty sizable crowd turned out at City Hall on Wednesday evening to listen to historical minutiae and discussions of structural integrity with a clear goal...
Green Lake Community Center Options Narrowed to Three at Current Site
Seattle Parks and Recreation's online open house has returned for the Green Lake Community Center/Pool redevelopment project, including the results of the previous open house. The selected...