Civics and Culture

Climate Commitment Act Repeal Imperils Port’s Pollution Reduction Efforts

Electrifying port infrastructure and traffic is already slow-moving at the expense of nearby communities, and in the absence of clean energy regulation for ports in Washington, these projects heavily rely on funding from the contested Climate Commitment Act. 

Seattle Design Festival 2016

Seattle's annual design festival is about to kickoff. Running from September 10th through September 23rd, the Seattle Design Festival (SDF) will explore the design change...
students do an outdoor activity at Lincoln High School

Dubicki: Save Seattle Schools, Dissolve the District

To be upfront, I am pissed at Seattle Public Schools. As a parent of school-age kids, I have been subjected to SPS’s anti-union propaganda...

Reminder: The First Hill Public Realm Action Plan Open House

First Hill Public Realm Action Plan Open House When Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 5 – 7pm Where Town Hall 1119 8th Ave Seattle, WA 98101 What First Hill’s growing residential population, cultural...

Event Recap: U District Open Space Forum

Some 100 University District residents and employees attended a new community forum on Tuesday night, which seeks to revitalize the neighborhood's vision for its...

King County Changes Metro Bus Fare Structure for 2018

Fares on King County Metro Transit will change to a flat $2.75 next year. The Metropolitan King County Council adopted an ordinance on Monday...

Let’s Hear it for Rats

  Conversations from the middle of the night: A man, asking the woman with her arm in a sling: "Is that a mouse?" She manages to be old,...

Timeless or time-bound in the city?

Take away context clues, and cities become more interesting matrices--with blank cells to complete--where each of us personalizes how space meets time. A uniform...