People Always Look Like Friends When They’re Helping Out
With the saturation state of culture and media being what it is, modern life has become, more than ever, the act of editing. There...
Is Participatory Budgeting Feeding Safety or Leading to Hunger Games?
Although the City strives for democratic engagement, Neighborhood Street Fund and Your Voice, Your Choice force competition while failing to address widespread safety infrastructure...
What Seattle Can Learn from Philadelphia’s Freeway Lid Project
A visit from a Philadelphia planner with expertise on freeway lids offers insights for how to reconnect Seattle.
Last week the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)...
Seattle Should Lead on Mass Timber–and Solve Our Housing Crisis
It is a little known fact that one of the biggest drivers of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is the construction of new buildings....
Midweek Video: MASS Talks Seattle Squeeze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWG5VTkRHk
In this video, City Inside/Out interviews members of the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) coalition about the Seattle Squeeze and what the city could do...
American Cities Deserve Better than Disposable Urbanism
It is hard to want something you’ve never had. It’s hard to describe a need you’ve never seen. Numerous cities in the US are not...
Sunday Video: It’s Not You. Commuting Is Bad For Your Health.
https://youtu.be/kfPNxNIDHrA
In this video, Vox discusses the public health and social aspects of long commutes.
The Great Male Detoxification Project
---*Trigger warning: discussions of street harassment and sexual assault.*---
A female friend of mine once got on my bus while being chased by a volatile...