Land Use Smorgasbord at Final Seattle City Council Meeting of 2022
Highway Lids, Design Review Waivers for Affordable Housing, Continuing Streateries, and Easing Food Truck Restrictions
In its final full meeting of 2022, the Seattle City...
Seattle Design Festival Offers a Variety of Free Events
The Seattle Design Festival, sponsored by Design in Public, is moving into its first full week of events, including many related to urban design,...
Mayor Murray Delays North Precinct Project
Yesterday morning, I attended a Seattle Design Commission meeting on the parking design of the North Precinct building. By the evening, Mayor Ed Murray...
1200 Stewart Proposes Benefits For Denny Way Corridor
A long-planned project is approaching its final steps before being ready to start construction on a long-dormant site on Denny Way, but first the...
Housing Policy Lessons From Vienna, Part II
Allowing multi-family housing in all residential zones, and aggressively promoting private bidding lowers housing costs.
Part II: Zoning and Development in Vienna
Previously, I discussed demographic...
Urbanist Scavenger Hunt: Find the “Missing Middle”
The Urbanist is kicking off its new weekly scavenger hunt series with a call for readers to search out examples of "missing middle" housing...
Readers Helped Us Find Missing Middle! Plus The Urbanist’s Scavenger Hunt #2
For me, the warm and sunny weather provided extra inspiration for close-to-home urban exploration, but as I was reminded by a reader, with Google...
How to Make an Attractive City
Only a few cities in the world are truly beautiful—and none of them were built in recent history. At least, that’s what folks at...