Sunday Video: How Glass Skyscrapers Conquered Our Cities
https://youtu.be/yxdIluAPLt8
Cheddar documents the rise of glass building and skyscrapers and how tides are beginning to turn against the overuse of glass in skyscrapers.
Sunday Video: Northwest Geology
How did the unique landscape of the Puget Sound region come to be? Nick Zentner of Central Washington University has the answers in this...
Midweek Video: How Do Cities Get Enough Fresh Water?
https://youtu.be/Q1NLATszskU
Dave Amos dives into the issue of water, the lifeblood of cities. He explores how climate change, over-development, and other impacts can pose challenges...
Puget Sound Gateway Project Reveals State’s Lack of Freight Vision
The State has a role in defining the market for freight and charting emissions reductions with a shift to rail.
When the Washington State Legislature...
The Best Architecture Seattle Has to Offer
Seattle is in the midst of one its largest booms in a history that is almost nothing but a string of booms and busts....
Cascadia Needs New Zoning, Not New Cities
Abolishing apartment bans is how we grow as a region, not sprouting entire new cities in pasture.
The Cascadia Vision 2050 report made it onto...
What We’re Reading: Climate Hawk
Climate Hawk - David Roberts writes about the difference between being an environmentalist and a climate hawk: "The wealthy developed world, but especially the US...
Missing the Forest for the Trees
Crosscut recently published a piece by Eric Scigliano exalting the importance of urban tree canopy while decrying density as the “mortal enemy of trees.” The...