First Hill McDonald’s To Make Way For Tower
For nearly six decades, McDonald's has called the northwest corner of Madison Street and Minor Avenue home. But all that is soon to change. Development...
Inside Seattle’s Greenest Commercial Building: The Bullitt Center
"We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't...
Readers Shared Their Alley Explorations! Next Up The Urbanist’s Scavenger Hunt #4: Pocket Parks
Seattle has at least 263 miles alleys winding across the city. Of these, an estimated 144 miles are improved or paved alleyways, while an...
First Post-Rezone U District Highrise Proposal Has Received Design Review Recommendation
In February of last year, the Seattle City Council passed a major upzone of the University District, which allowed highrises in parts of the...
Sunday Video: EPCOT–Yesterday’s City of Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqLo4J6mrQ
Dave Amos looks at Walt Disney's unrealized tomorrow city plans (known as "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" or "EPCOT"), which were largely Modernist delusions...
Sunday Video: Suburbs That Don’t Suck – Streetcar Suburbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0
Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes talks suburbs and how not all are the same. Slaughter particularly emphasizes how streetcar suburbs and suburbs that...
Sunday Video: LMN Architects
LMN Architects, a Seattle-based firm, are well known for their work across the region with projects like the Aspira Tower, Brooks Sports Headquarters, Benaroya Hall,...
N 45th St Apartments
Wallingford is a hotbed for new development with more than a dozen large-scale development projects in the planning and construction phases. Most of this activity...