Civics and Culture

Seattle Growth Podcast Season 6, Episode 3: Nathan Vass

That's University of Washington Professor Jeff Shulman on the right, whose influential podcast has been featured on The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. Dr. Shulman...

Electric Coffin’s New Exhibit Questions How Cities Can Spark Wonder

The name “Electric Coffin” may not immediately inspire whimsy, levity, and brightness, but those are exactly the sentiments the art collective Electric Coffin is...

Sunday Video: The Green New Deal, Explained

https://youtu.be/GxIDJWCbk6I In this video, Vox discusses the concept of the Green New Deal, a platform to change the American economy to a green economy while...

Avery Rising

We've grown accustomed to requiring a certain dose of cynicism in our fictions in order to find them believable. “Few people have the imagination...

Unlike Seattle, Golf Really Is Dying

Last week, The Seattle Times ran an article headlined, ‘Study questions ‘best use’ of golf courses Seattle operates’. The article stems from a report...

Bike Lanes Belong on Arterials

The last year in Seattle has been pathetic for safe streets, equitable mobility, and climate action. Mayor Durkan has been killing safe streets projects...

Sunday Video: Are Cities Like Organisms?

https://youtu.be/b-oL5Tw9M7A Cities are often compared to living organisms in how they function. Dave Amos of City Beautiful asks if this comparison and others are really...

The Book Lives

This lil' thing just keeps chugging--thanks to you. We've printed a third run of books, in conjunction with my recent TED talk (which will...