The Friendly 5
Northbound 4th and Royal Brougham, after hours. It’s always darker over here, a zone hidden in the open wastelands of industrial warehouses and vacant...
Seattle Launches Next Phase of Be’er Sheva Park Renovations
Since its April grand opening, the renovated Be'er Sheva Park features a new community stage, artworks, a restored shoreline, picnic tables, and benches, with a second phase of improvements in planning. The park hosts a weekly Chocolate Sunday celebration of Black culture.
To Address Health Inequities, Black Folks Need the Right to Move without Harm
On a crisp afternoon last fall, Douglas Pullen, a 69-year-old Black man, was nearly hit by a white driver during his daily walk through...
Sunday Video: How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream
https://youtu.be/oOttvpjJvAo
Climate Town charts the history of how the car industry rapidly reset what the American Dream would be. The oppressive takeover has wrought a...
Can Housing Keep Up With Seattle’s Office Boom?
Seattle is essentially gaining a second downtown with the emergence of South Lake Union (SLU) as a business and residential center where it seems new...
Nathan’s TED Talk
https://youtu.be/bxw2P7WbRKE
What does it mean to be urbanized? What does living in a city require of us in terms of social engagement, and to what...
Bremerton Walking Tour Recap
On Sunday, a group of about one dozen joined us for a tour of Bremerton and a roundtrip ferry ride. Leaving from Seattle at...
ICYMI: Mayor Murray Announces ‘Community Crosswalks,’ A Program to Increase Community Vibrancy
Earlier this summer, Seattle introduced rainbow crosswalks throughout Capitol Hill in advance of Pride Week. Not long after, African-American community members in the Central...