Tukwila Makes Targeted Transit and Pedestrian Improvements Near Southcenter
The City of Tukwila has delivered a series of pedestrian and transit facility improvements near Westfield Southcenter, a major regional shopping mall. The bulk of the...
Highway Mission Creep
Last week, I wrote about the progress of the highway funding bill through Congress. A few politicians—Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Rick Santorum—don't want...
2021 Articles from The Urbanist to Take Out for a Second Spin
From the viewpoint of an editor, it's clear that many articles do not end up receiving the attention they deserve the first time around....
Sunday Video: Architecture Turning Dreams Into Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyNGDWnmX0U
To world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels, architecture is the fiction of the real world, in which dreams about the way we aspire to live our...
Planning A New Portage Bay Park in the University District
The University District is slated to get an expanded park space on the shores of Portage Bay in the coming years. The project, tentatively...
2018: Goals, Obstacles, and Resolutions
Seattle has ambitious plans for 2018.
Taking MHA Citywide... Can We Expand It to Single Family?
The Seattle City Council plans to expand the Mandatory Housing...
2017 In Review
2017 was a banner year for Seattle. We led the country in construction cranes, in population growth rate, in transit ridership growth, and--much to...
Looking Back on Another Decade of Climate Delay
As we bid 2019 adieu and enter a new decade, it's hard not to get wistful and ponder the past decade in the rearview...