Preschool And 70 Low-Income Apartments Headed To Lake City
The Northeast Design Review Board will hold the first recommendation meeting tonight for a 6-story 70-apartment building the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) plans...
Midweek Video: Why Europe Doesn’t Build Skyscrapers
https://youtu.be/EVJ_rgEUSJE
In this video, The B1M explains why European cities do not typically build skyscrapers while the rest of the world is increasingly doing so....
Northgate Sees First Highrise Proposal, but It Rides on Contract Rezone
Twin eleven-story towers are in the works for Northgate Terrace, a strip-mall style office park a quarter mile southeast of Northgate Station anchored by...
Women Shaping Seattle
This year’s Seattle Design Festival, opened on September 10th, with the theme of ‘Design Change’. Given that 2016 marks 100 years since the first...
Sunday Video: Seattle’s Water Hook-up Fees Are Stunting Homebuilding
Civil engineer Donna Breske produced a video digging into the issue of excessive water hook-up costs blocking homebuilding and driving up housing costs. She argues Seattle needs a systemwide plan to upgrade water mains that is not dependent on gouging builders.
Nifty Examples of Mixed Use Buildings! Plus The Urbanist’s Scavenger Hunt #3: Alleys
A few years ago, I was shocked when a friend disclosed to me that he did not like mixed-use buildings and dreaded the fact...
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...
Eastlake Project Delivers New Public Plaza, Pedestrian Street
A new public plaza space in Eastlake has gotten its blessing from the Seattle City Council. Constructed by a private developer, the 4,573-square foot plaza...