Luxury Housing Creates Affordability Problems in Seattle, but Single Family Zoning Is More Destructive
Years ago I spent a year teaching English in Nice, France, a short train ride from Monaco, a sovereign city-state on the French Riviera...
Amazon Tries to Buy Seattle Election with $1.5 Million Donation, Facebook and Google Each...
Unlike its tech giant competitors in Facebook and Google, Amazon hasn't pledged $1 billion to build housing in its hometown region. Amazon hasn't even...
AIA and The Urbanist Are Hosting a Candidate Forum on Housing This Monday
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle and The Urbanist are teaming up to host a Seattle City Council candidate forum to discuss two of the most...
Master Builders Continue to Push for Missing Middle Zoning in 2020 Agenda
On Thursday morning in a ballroom at the Meydenbaur Convention Center in Downtown Bellevue, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS)...
Sunday Video: Is Vancouver The Best City In North America?
https://youtu.be/P8dmVUrNt38
In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful explores what Vancouverism is with a particular focus on urban design.
Unraveling the Problem Called Interbay
Early this year, a call went out that the Interbay Armory Advisory Committee was looking for community proposals on what to do with 25...
Seattle Needs A Housing Politics Movement Like Germany’s Wohnungspolitik
Actually, Seattle needed a cohesive and comprehensive Wohnungspolitik 40 years ago, but late is better than never. What is a Wohnungspolitik? The literal translation from German is...
Homelessness In Seattle: Why the Current Approach Is Broken
Conversations surrounding homelessness in Seattle have reached a fever pitch. Some have even gone so far as to claim that Seattle is dying. People...