Civics and Culture

I Am Now Ten Years Old

  That's me in the picture above, at thirteen or fifteen years of age, sitting behind the wheel of a 4000 in the Atlantic Base...

Sunday Video: Changing Geography Of Poverty

Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow of the Brookings Institution, talks about the geography of poverty in America. https://youtu.be/9PnHhUBZAVk

More Than A Ride

On the afternoon 7, headed east on Jackson: "Hey," a young man in a hat said at Eighth Avenue. He had walked up to the...

Activating Alleys: Canton, U District, And Pioneer Square Edition

2017 seems to be the "Year of the Alley Activation" in Seattle. Two separate alley activation projects just wrapped up in Chinatown and the...

Mountlake Terrace Station Reaches 60% Design

Sound Transit has released updated designs for Mountlake Terrace Station, the penultimate station on the Lynnwood Link extension slated to open in 2023, marking...

Sunday Video: Biking The Arnhem-Nijmegen Cycle Superhighway

This video highlights the new Arnhem-Nijmegen cycle superhighway linking the two Dutch cities with bike-priority facilities. Much of the route is fully separate, but...

20 Questions (Actually, 33) With Nathan Vass

  This interview very much falls under the "everything-you-always-wanted-to-but-were-afraid-to-ask" category. William Pennington interviews various local luminaries here in Seattle, and he's not afraid to go...

Zoning Changes Proposed Along 23rd Avenue, Cultural Heart Of The Central District

The Seattle City Council got its first glimpse this week at proposed rezones for three urban village nodes on 23rd Avenue in the Central...