Sunday Video: Designing Urban Places That Don’t Suck
What’s the secret sauce in creating urban spaces and places that people love? Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes gets into that in his...
Janitorial Swagger: Marcus With A C
I'll confess to being annoyed with the man on first blush. I wasn't infatuated with the guy. Why?
He was the sort Walker Evans would've...
Seattle Is Wasting Another Opportunity For Social Housing
One would think, in the midst of a broad and deep housing crisis, that a nearly three-acre parcel in the heart of the city...
Sunday Video: Why Did Railroad Companies Mass Produce Cities?
https://youtu.be/9viTTRd8iP8
Dave Amos documents the history of railway towns in America in this video. Railway companies in the 1800s expanded quickly to the West, platting...
Pangaea
I was riding the 7 one night, going out to Orcas to meet a friend. Rain peeled down from all corners of the globe...
Kuo/郭: Watching Chinatown’s Gentrifying/Generational Change
Some of my earliest memories of taking public transit were the times when my maternal grandparents would occasionally walk me and my brother to...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: Nathan in DSA’s Democratic Left Magazine On Seattle’s Crises
I don't consider myself a political creature. The transformation of my perspectives into political views is always a transformation of reduction. I find people...
Epiphany Exchange
Everything about the day was fine, except for this headache. I think you know the type. Imagine a subtle, unending brain freeze, surging every...