Sunday Video: How Glass Skyscrapers Conquered Our Cities
https://youtu.be/yxdIluAPLt8
Cheddar documents the rise of glass building and skyscrapers and how tides are beginning to turn against the overuse of glass in skyscrapers.
Sunday Video: Why Fixing Slums Is Key to the Future of Cities
https://youtu.be/BoRx_zIwiXM
In this video, RetroReport looks at slums and why fixing them is the key to cities in the future. To illustrate their point, they...
SDOT Misunderstands #GivePedstheGreen
Seattle’s transportation department missed the mark in their recent response to the campaign Give Pedestrians the Green. #GivePedstheGreen argues that in urban villages pedestrians...
Forward Thrust Part 1: No City is an Island
In December 2017 I had the fortune to pen, in my capacity as a columnist for City Arts Magazine, a retrospective essay about the...
Mayor Durkan Lays Out Brief Agenda in Brief Speech
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's final state of the city speech was just six minutes long. Typically, the annual speech is about four times longer,...
Seattle Is Relaxing Requirements to Encourage More Outdoor Cafes and Retail on City Streets
On Friday morning, heading into the first full weekend of summer and 53 days since Governor Jay Inslee announced a phased reopening for Washington,...
Transit Cuts Are On The Way for Every Corner of Seattle
Yesterday King County Metro announced broad service cuts affecting nearly every route starting on Monday March 23, while Sound Transit is also reducing service...
The Urbanist Podcast: Projections and Predictions for 2023
With a new year comes expectations. Whether it's something shiny and unique or a continuation of the stuff that came before, those expectations really...







