SDCI Delivers Vacant Building Monitoring Report
A year after the city adopted new vacant building maintenance and demolition laws, the city council received a monitoring report and briefing on the...
Pretty Sure I Don’t Deserve This
"Congratulations," a friend once told me, after I'd finally gotten a New York literary agent. "Let yourself feel it today, and breathe. You deserve...
Sunday Video: China Is Erasing Its Border With Hong Kong
https://youtu.be/MQyxG4vTyZ8
In this video, Vox looks into the “changing” borders of Hong Kong, a megacity that forms a portion of China but is distinctly independent...
Hard Right to Happy
It's a waxing gibbous tonight, yellow, a sense of possibilities from high overhead. I'm done for the night– or almost done, seconds away from...
A Walkable Aurora Avenue
You’ve driven down Aurora, but have you ever walked it? Chances are, you haven’t. And nobody would blame you. The street is not designed...
Sound Transit Explores Options for Chinatown-International District and SoDo
Soon Seattle will find out what alternatives for the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions in Chinatown-International District and SoDo survive the alternatives...
Joyful Noise (II of III): Thoughts on Everything
It’s only a few minutes of faces I don't recognize, and then we have Andrew. Andrew's on his way to practice mountain climbing. Albert,...
Seattle Transit Shelter Modernization Plan Shelved, Forgoing $97 Million Or More In Advertising Revenue
Cities across the country are trying to improve their public realms by putting an emphasis on enhancing the pedestrian and transit user experience. Seattle...