Civics and Culture

Event Today: Belltown and Denny Triangle Public Realm Community Workshop

Nearly one month ago, the Lake2Bay Coalition hosted a public realm exploration walk to collect people's opinion on the public spaces around Belltown and...

Three Open Doors

You may have seen the ad I'm in about working for Metro. I'm linking it only because I thought you might find it of interest....

The Break Up

  I think the thing to do here is just present the conversation entirely, as it happened. I know the shorter posts are more digestible...

Stories from Metro Route 7: King Donuts and Stop 8080

Metro stops 8080 and 8070 surround the northern and southern ends, respectively, of a lakeside bend of Rainier Avenue South. In the bend’s lee,...

It’s All Happening!

  It's an overwhelming whirlwind, bus driving. In thirty seconds you'll have someone who loves you, someone who hates you, and somebody who wants to...

Stories from Metro Route 7: Mekong Supermarket and Stop 8380

The sign for Metro stop 8380 has a smudge on the second eight, which makes it look like a six. Because confirming the number...

Of Kindness and Cow Manure

  "You know what it smelled like, it smelled like those stink bombs kids use. It smelled like that." I said, "those are terrible!" Sometimes the conversations...

In the city, we blend the familiar with the edge of the unknown.

I doubt that before today, any urbanist writer has used an old, Latin term that lives on in southern Italy, to explain the particular wonder...