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Civics and Culture

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The View From Nathan’s Bus: Doin’ You

Nathan Vass will be joining The Urbanist Book Club on Tuesday, April 4 at 6pm. Sign up is available here. And you can pick...

The Urbanist Book Club: The Lines That Make Us by Nathan Vass

The Urbanist Book Club is pleased to welcome Nathan Vass to our April 4th Book Club Meeting, which will start at 6pm via Zoom....

The Urbanist Podcast: The Human Side of Transit with Author and Artist Nathan Vass

Nathan Vass has been sharing his observations as a bus driver with The Urbanist for nine years. From the first conversation chronicles and desaturated...

Super Bowl Sunday Video: The Dark Side of Sports Stadiums

Widely regarded as the biggest weekend in sports, the Superb Owl fills the February niche in the United States' unofficial gluttonous holidays calendar. Between...

Amid Challenges, Chinatown’s Small Businesses Celebrate Lunar New Year’s Arrival

In Chinese zodiac tradition, 2023 will be the year of the Water Rabbit. The sign for the Rabbit is associated with longevity, peace, and...
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The Urbanist Podcast: Projections and Predictions for 2023

With a new year comes expectations. Whether it's something shiny and unique or a continuation of the stuff that came before, those expectations really...

Sunday Video: Cascadia High-Speed Rail

Geography by Geoff gets into the weeds about the effort to bring high-speed rail to Cascadia. Covering the history of rail here in the...
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The View From Nathan’s Bus: The Glue That Holds Us Together

Was there a soul leftover at the end of this, another nighttime trip on the E Line? I looked in my rear-view mirror. Yes,...