Civics and Culture

Not an Impulse

  Triangle Park, across from the Frye--the very same "it's-not-the-Frye-unless-there's-an-ambulance-out-front"--right in the heart of upper Pioneer Square, is not known for harboring commuters with an...

12 Photos from Iceland: Streets Done Right

Iceland takes pride in robust and modern street infrastructure techniques. To anyone who has been to Europe or elsewhere abroad, much of this will...

Tweet of the Week: Lunchtime Streets

San Francisco is putting many of its smaller streets to better use with a people-focus. As you can see from Will's tweet, San Francisco...

Why the ‘finesse of the avenue’ is what cities need

Fourth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. The Finesse of the Avenue Last month in Cassis, the Avenue Victor Hugo told the stories surrounding its...

Dirt on Blue Sleeves

  They get on at inbound Campus Parkway, having just passed up a 71. "So I'm just goin' to Capitol Hill, not Downtown," I explain....

U District parklet is fully funded

We're big fans of the University District Parklet project and we're happy to report that it's now fully funded. For those unfamiliar with the...

“Black Don’t Crack, But Asian Ain’t Playin’,” And Other Thoughts

  "Hey, wha's happening." That's me, greeting the OG's stepping on at Othello. The Valero gas station there is a 24-hour institution, a cultural fixture...

‘Inevitably Urban’ and the role of the people

Inevitable Urban Times These times seem so inevitably urban.  Of course, my wry remark comes from a city-dweller in a post-recessionary Seattle, where new construction...