City Will Start Emergency Dismantling of Pier 58 within Two Weeks
Impatient for "The Big One," Pier 58 decided to follow the West Seattle Bridge's lead and started slipping in to the sound. Seattle Parks...
Sea-Tac Airport’s New International Arrivals Facility And North Satellite
Officials at the Port of Seattle have been geeking out recently with snazzy renderings for two new airport projects at Sea-Tac. The latest drawings unveiled...
Pollet, Pedersen, and Blethen Assail State Housing Push
In this WALeg report, predictable opposition arises against missing middle housing bills.
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Op-Ed: Save Luma the Giant Cedar from Redevelopment
Tree activists rally, seeking to save a giant red cedar in Wedgwood from the ax.
Luma is a healthy old growth Western red cedar in...
Northgate’s Construction Spree Is Just Starting
In the past two decades, development in and around Northgate has, for the most part, been a bit sleepy. Every few years a new...
The Urbanist Podcast: How to Crush a Housing Project the Seattle Way
In this episode, civil engineer and Urbanist contributing writer Donna Breske discusses her experience with the frustrating hurdles posed by the permitting process in Seattle with...
Op-Ed: Hoisting ‘Supercar’ 47 Stories Inaugurates Condo Opening, New Gilded Age
A million-dollar McLaren Elva briefly graced the 47th floor rooftop next to the jacuzzi to promote the "First Light" condo tower opening this summer. The housing market is working quite well for the rich, how about for the rest of us?
East Link TOD: Overlake Takes Shape for Station Opening
More than 8,000 homes have either been completed in the past decade or are in development near Overlake Station, on the southern edge of Microsoft's megacampus.