Highlights

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...
A group of cyclists wearing colorful athletic clothes poses near their bicycles in front of Lake Union in Seattle.

Events, Activities, and Advocacy for Urbanists, September 2021

To spread the word about ways our community of readers can engage with furthering the mission of The Urbanist to improve cities and quality...
People bike on the low bridge with the cracked high bridge looming overhead. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

The Urbanist’s Greatest Hits of 2020

Thank you for reading The Urbanist and making it through a crucible of a year with us. We wanted to look back at our...

2018 in Review: The Year of the Four SDOT Heads

As 2018 draws to an end, it's the time for reflection and last ditch efforts to get you to read some of fine volunteer...

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...
A photo of a light rail train on an elevated rail line.

Publication Update: Fall 2021 Subscriber Drive Edition

There's no doubt that fall has arrived. The days are shorter (and wetter), budget squabbling is enfolding over at City Hall, the campaign season...

Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle: The Time To Act Is Now

Amid Seattle's rapidly growing inner neighborhoods remains the urban scar of I-5, a massive concrete and steel ribbon that is the lasting legacy of...

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...