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Civics and Culture

An Interview with Lonness Valenna, ‘Disgruntled Fairy Godmother of Housing’

Equality Coalition for Housing and Opportunity (ECHO) is co-hosting an 2SLLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) conversation with Share The...

Cities Built by the Mouse

The Unique Urbanism of Disney’s Movie Cities For those of us who adore movies, seven months of pandemic has been a difficult drought. We’re down...

Sunday Video: What The Global Skyscraper Boom Really Means

https://youtu.be/ZfYkd6_Kdno Is there any credence to the skyscraper index in forecasting economic downturns? Bloomberg Citylab explores this debated theory.

In the Before

My favorite part of the 5 is the slight right onto northbound Fremont Avenue. You’ve just come all the way from West Seattle, through...

Midweek Video: The Rise of The Ethnoburb

https://youtu.be/isGphfMP0n0 What are ethnoburbs? And how are they becoming an influential feature in cities? Quartz looks at one growing in New York City.

Sunday Video: Should Cities Expand Into The Sea?

https://youtu.be/Ak-kAdhh8-o City Beautiful explores the topic of land reclamation, the process of turning shallow water areas into land.

Nathan’s Bus: Freedom From

“Here is really shitty,” she said. It was an appraisal of frankness I wouldn’t have expected given her appearance—older than my parents’ generation, possibly much...
Rows of buses with the I-90 ramps and Seattle skyscrapers in the background.

Metro Will Continue Fare-Free Transit through September, but Budget Reckoning Looms

King County Metro riders will continue to enjoy fare-free rides through September. The agency continues to plan changes to buses that would allow fare...