High Time For High-Rise: Reduced Rezones Do Not Reduce Displacement
We've been arguing for taller development outside of Downtown for a while; unfortunately, the City has added no high-rise zones in preliminary Mandatory Housing Affordability...
West Design Review Board Withholds Approval for 323 Homes Atop Queen Anne Safeway
Facing gripes about brick color and other minutia, 323 homes will need to wait.
In 1994, Councilmember Jim Street proudly predicted Queen Anne would be...
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....
Rainier Beach Updates Its Neighborhood Plan
The Seattle City Council passed a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update, among many other things at a busy September 26th meeting. The plan focuses...
Art Exhibit “BOOM: Changing Seattle” Demands Answers
At the BOOM: Changing Seattle exhibition Seattleites interested in shaping Seattle's future began by looking backward. Rapid change is nothing new to our city. The...
Explainer: Why Doesn’t Seattle Have Skyscraper Signs?
The code provision that prevents the city from looking like Blade Runner.
In most American cities, the tenants of downtown skyscrapers have their names written...
Angle Lake Station Is Now Open
Sound Transit's long-awaited Angle Lake Station opened this past weekend to much fanfare. The station is Sound Transit's first extension south of SeaTac Airport....
Two Seattle QFC Redevelopments Run Into Concerns Around Height and Parking
Two housing projects -- one in Wedgwood and one in Capitol Hill -- are running into similar issues around tree retention, parking, and scale.