Field of Dreams: A Missed Opportunity To Change Course On Homeless Sweeps
As I write this, city officials are conducting a sweep of The Field of Dreams, a homeless encampment next to an I-90 overpass in...
The Carry Out Bout
What comes to mind when you hear the words “fast food?” Typically, images of McDonalds, Burger King, or other similar restaurants arise. Common associations...
King County Urges Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public, Pledges to Provide 115,000...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, people have watched the world around them transform in unexpected ways, but for many Americans the sudden...
I Don’t Know What a Trolley is, Part I
We're sitting at Third and Seneca northbound on the 3, a trolley bus. The passenger in front asks me what my favorite routes are.
"I...
Sound Transit To Decide Permanent Lynnwood Link Station Names
The Sound Transit Capital Committee will meet today to determine the fate of station names for four stations on the Lynnwood Link extension. Earlier...
Sunday Video: Vienna’s Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VJudBdYXY
Bloomberg Quicktake/CityLab explores how Vienna is tackling affordable housing for all in the city. Mike Eliason, syndicated columnist of The Urbanist, offers his perspective...
Art Exhibit “BOOM: Changing Seattle” Demands Answers
At the BOOM: Changing Seattle exhibition Seattleites interested in shaping Seattle's future began by looking backward. Rapid change is nothing new to our city. The...
Midweek Video: What Is Gentrification?
Vox explores what gentrification is and is not, and comes in defense of the "Gentrification Building" that grabbed a lot of attention on TikTok.