New High School Headed To Seattle Center, Master Plan May Be Revamped
Seattle Center, the city's central playground of culture and engagement in Uptown, could be headed for an update to its governing master plan. Future redevelopment...
This Place Matters: Main Streets And Community By Design
In 1977, in the midst of the worst nationwide recession since World War II, the National Trust for Historic Preservation founded the Main Street...
5,485: One Night Unsheltered Count Reaches New High
The results of the annual One Night Count, which was conduced on January 27th, have finally been released and they show homelessness at an...
Blasting Past 700,000: Seattle Gained 20,847 People In One Year
Seattle is back on top. Among big cities, Seattle is growing faster than any other (on a percentage basis) as it added 20,847 people...
MidTown Center Deal Emerges With 20% Africatown Stake
The fate of much disputed MidTown Center may finally be decided. Lake Union Partners closed the deal yesterday on the coveted property with a $23.25...
Seattle Move-In Fee Legislation: The Evolution Of A Loophole
During a full council meeting on October 17th, 2016, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to send Council Bill 118817, popularly known as the...
Does Homeowner Greed Cause Less Housing?
The first public meeting on zoning I ever attended compared micro-housing construction to bombing cities. For many urbanists, comments like this are used to...
Seattle Developers Opting In To Recent MHA Rezones
Seattle recently rezoned large swaths of Downtown and South Lake Union and the University District in the hopes of increasing development capacity for new development...