Sunday Video: Design For Inclusive Public Life
https://youtu.be/h5u7GuMRw_Q
How do we design for inclusive urban public spaces and life? Jeff Risom from Gehl explains this paradigm.
Ray’s Exit Interview: Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down
This is a quote from a book and a song, so I can use it as a title. Even with a questionable intensifier.
Today is...
Sunday Video: Why The American West Is Fighting For Water Protections
https://youtu.be/ArffMWtdu-s
Vox highlights how water systems work and how they are threatened by the Trump Administration’s “Dirty Water Rule” that allows for pollution of waterways...
Building the Body Athletic – Your Urbanist Sports Year
It’s 4th of July weekend, so we’re in the doldrums of the sports year. WNBA, soccer, and baseball are in the long stretch of...
Sunday Video: How Does Houston Plan Without Zoning?
https://youtu.be/TaU1UH_3B5k
There is a big misnomer that Houston doesn’t have zoning and somehow must be a free market dream for land use. But that perception...
Seattle Planning Commission Seeking New Members
If you're a wonk about all things planning, then the City of Seattle may have just the opportunity for you. The Seattle Planning Commission...
The Joy of Tough Choices
"You keepin' me smilin' with that deep sexy voice o' yours," says a gravelly ball of waning energy on the 358. She's over forty,...
Seattle Should Lead on Mass Timber–and Solve Our Housing Crisis
It is a little known fact that one of the biggest drivers of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is the construction of new buildings....