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Civics and Culture

Midweek Video: Top 10 Public Markets in the USA, CAN, and MEX

CityNerd ranks the top ten public markets in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Seattle makes the list.
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Seattle’s Free Community College Program Grows in Size and Impact

Three years ago, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy, which included funding for two years of free community college to...

Mayor Murray Remarks on Seattle’s Achievements and Challenges

In his annual address, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray remarked on the city's significant progress towards some of its goals and made a number of...

A Panel With The Urbanist At The American Planning Association National Convention

Attention all you planning nerds! The American Planning Association's National Conference is coming to Seattle Saturday through Tuesday (April 18 through April 21). The...

An Update On Big D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPjjCSSVbg You may have seen the video above, about a fight on my bus. The video is new, but the event happened a few years...

Sunday Video: How To Better Design Cities To Move Goods

Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about how cities can move goods faster, more efficiently, and sustainably. Amos highlights some strategies that are being...

It Means Something At Nighttime

I didn't know him. But I wanted to talk to him. Most homeless folks are white men between thirty and sixty, and he was just...

Luxury Housing Creates Affordability Problems in Seattle, but Single Family Zoning Is More Destructive

Years ago I spent a year teaching English in Nice, France, a short train ride from Monaco, a sovereign city-state on the French Riviera...