Policy Lab: We Want Bread, and Paid Vacation Too!
Most advanced nations mandate at least 20 working days of paid vacation per year, but not the United States. Here's why we should change that.
Highway Viaducts Are Bad and Seattle Is Better Without One
We've seen a lot of wistful eulogies for the Alaskan Way Viaduct. This is not one. I hope the viaduct's concrete spirit burns in...
Urban Spaces As Queer Spaces
June was a complicated month for queer and trans communities in Seattle. On Pride Sunday, a crowd nearing the population of Seattle gathered Downtown...
I Dreamt Of The Future
Have you noticed how when people run for the bus, they're nearly always smiling? Most especially when they make it onboard, but often before...
Holiday Video: Why Britain Is The Center Of The World
https://youtu.be/g52A2CPEi4A
When it comes to both time and geographic coordinates, Britain is the benchmark from which both systems are set and their relationship has to...
The Urbanist Podcast: The Big Seattle Food Episode
People love to talk about food, read about food, and -- we hope -- listen to podcasts about food too! In this episode, reporter...
Sunday Video: India’s Planned Capital City (Designed by Le Corbusier)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFF3t41png
Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes a look at an Indian capital city, Chandigarh, to explore how two very different city building approaches--Garden City...
The Good Neighbor
I won’t mention the many issues I take with this awful coworker of mine. I’ll merely point out his obliviousness of how to skip-stop, the better...