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Civics and Culture

Seattle Convention Center Hosting Public Benefit Event December 7th

The next phase of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) is being planned, and associated with it may be millions of dollars in discretionary...
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SEA Airport Passenger Numbers Tumble 61% in 2020

Like many industries in the past year, air travel has taken a huge hit and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) was no exception, seeing an...

Event Reminder: Ben Ross Presents “Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American...

Cul-de-sac's literal translation means "bottom of the bag." Book available for purchase online. Many of you probably know that we have a weekly Tuesday meeting at Roy...

Seattle Subway: Get Involved

Seattle Subway is an organization that was born out of frustration. We were frustrated with the glacial pace of transit progress and past compromises...

Sunday Video: Breaking The Loud Barrier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dj7tYr1lA For all those Seahawks fans out there, best of luck at the NFC Championship!

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...

City Council Passes Tax on Vacation Rentals Like Airbnb

Seattle will tax short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb. But a formal regulatory framework for them still remains uncharted. On Monday, the Seattle City Council delayed...

You Are The Machine That Kills Fascism

We urbanists love cities. We spend a lot of time studying them, reading about them, writing about them, and savoring them in our own...