Civics and Culture

Sunday Video: Hosting the Olympics Is Broken. Let’s Fix It.

https://youtu.be/uw-imWvCrKs In this episode, City Beautiful covers the topic of the Olympics. The Olympics are often known for overpromising long-term investment and being highly disruptive...

City Releases Draft Design Guidelines Changes for South Lake Union

Last week, the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development released draft changes for the South Lake Union design guidelines. That guidelines have been...

Seattle Will Provide Free Transit to All Public High School Students

All public high school students in Seattle will receive free transit passes under a plan to encourage transit ridership both in the immediate and...

Sunday Video: A Look In Downtown Seattle — 2018 and Beyond

https://youtu.be/XdGW7dKdO3Y The Downtown Seattle Association profiles in montage style some major public projects on the horizon for the city.

The Bullet Train

Abdi laughed. His perfect teeth shown in the reflective dark; it was one of those dry nights, clear, where the silhouettes of trees and...

Sunday Video: Friends of the Benson Trolleys

https://vimeo.com/221306699 Take a step back in time to the golden age of streetcars in this video. Campaigners to restore the historic Benson waterfront trolleys share...

Could Floating Ports Provide a Different Way to Grow for the Port of Seattle?

The Port of Seattle, and its sister port in Tacoma, as part of the Northwest Seaport Alliance is a large-scale operation supporting about a...

City Council Landmarks Buildings in West Seattle and Eastlake

On Monday, the Seattle City Council formally registered two new landmarks with preservation controls. In Eastlake, the old Pacific Architect and Builder Building represents a...