Las Vegas is Seattle’s True Twin City
The counterintuitive, inadvisable, and absolutely inevitable collision between rain and desert.
Once it was announced that Seattle would be awarded the NHL’s 32nd hockey team,...
The Urbanist Podcast: Your Guide to City Ranking Lists
We get a lot of news-ish emails about ranking cities in lists. Whether it's the best cities for strange hats or the metros that...
Sunday Video: Historic District Abuse
This week, Dave Amos over at City Beautiful does an excellent job discussing the history and pitfalls of historic districts. From their early application...
Sunday Video: Is Coffee Bean Soup?
While a non-trivial portion of Emerald City's economy (and, honestly, personality) is coffee based, we don't often take the time to consider what our...
Ray’s Exit Interview: Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down
This is a quote from a book and a song, so I can use it as a title. Even with a questionable intensifier.
Today is...
The Urbanist Podcast: What We’re Reading
Sometimes we feel a modicum of shame that we're not reading enough books. As the pile on the nightstand gets taller, the guilt grows....
Terra Nil Shows How To Unbuild a City
In time for Earth Day, a beautiful new game that lets players unwind while unwinding civilization.
Terra Nil shows up on the App Store as...
Sunday Video: Vexill … Vexett … Vexulu … Washington Needs a New Flag
From the sublime (New Mexico) to the ugly charming (Maryland) there are excellent state flags in the United States. Washington's is not one of...