In Wallingford, Vision and Memory, Luck and Loss
The “Visions of Wallingford” project poses a question: “How does a neighborhood learn?”
It’s one that strikes me as both fascinating and important.
It’s important because...
Sunday Video: Can Freight Rail and Passenger Rail Coexist?
Freight rail companies usually don't like to play ball with passenger rail operators in North America and that has severe impacts on the quality...
Midweek Video: Can Quality Transit Heal Car-Oriented Suburban Wounds?
Los Angeles was a city built on good transit bones, but somewhere along the way went off the rails with cars and suburbanization. Ray...
Talton’s Westlake Starbucks Nostalgia is Misplaced, Take it from a Barista
Recently The Seattle Times published a eulogy for the shuttered Starbucks at Westlake Park by columnist Jon Talton. In the piece, Talton explains how...
Sunday Video: The Swiss Do Wonders With Trains and It’s Not Just Because of...
In some circles, there is a belief that you have to have large populations to support high quality rail services. Switzerland shows that might...
Sunday Video: Social Housing As A Policy Solution
Dave Amos at City Beautiful talks about the history social housing in the United States and whether it's a policy solution worth pursuing again....
What Do We Want From Our Next Seattle?
What do we want this city to be? And who do we want it to belong to?
In a recent essay published by the New...
Opening Streets to Play Creates Powerful Community Connections
Last summer, we started organizing block parties. We applied for a permit from the city, and blocked off either end of our street to...