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Civics and Culture

Nathan Vass Author Event

​Tuesday, January 15, 7pm. Elliott Bay Bookstore. Free. Details and directions here. Did you miss my book launch? Probably not, since there were a million people there......

Share The Cities Lays the Community Engagement Groundwork at Jackson Park

Volunteers are canvassing the neighborhood to learn more about the community's hopes for what light rail will bring to this forgotten corner of Seattle. Today...

Property Owners Near Waterfront Negotiate Down LID Taxes, Allowing ‘Waterfront For All’ To Move...

On Thursday, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a grand bargain that is poised to help Seattle realize its ambitious $712 million 'Waterfront for All' public...

Big Ideas from Imagine Downtown

Last year, the One Center City framework for Downtown Seattle graduated into a "defined action plan." In the process, City officials sought to continue...

Urbanist Hopes for 2019

Team Urbanism took some lumps in 2018, but there's plenty of opportunities to turn the tables and advance the cause in 2019. Our writers...

2018: Seattle’s Year of the Grassroots Pro-Housing Activists

Randy Shaw, whose new book 'Generation Priced Out' is getting notable press, claimed that 2018 was: "The year of the YIMBY (Yes in My...

What We Have to Give

She's become a good friend of mine. Wavy black hair down to here; a youthful spirit with attitude to burn, at once streetsmart and...

Downtown Seattle Association Envisions A New Multimodal Third Avenue

Third Avenue is Seattle's most prominent surface transit corridor in the city with over 52,000 daily passengers using buses. The Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)...