Council Continues Bag Ban, Doubles Down On Green Building, Sets Mount Baker Preservation Controls,...

Perhaps due to upcoming budget deliberations, the Seattle City Council took up a crowded legislative agenda on Monday with 35 pieces of legislation (many...

Stadium District Site Could Be a Bellwether of Downtown Seattle’s Future

The opportunity to redevelop nearly five acres across from Lumen Field is pitting competing interests against each other. Some hope to see housing, but industrial stakeholders are pushing back.

MHA Draft Rezone Maps For All Urban Villages Are Out

We analyzed the five maps the City of Seattle released last month: Aurora-Licton Springs, Capitol Hill, Crown Hill, Othello, and South Park. We also...

Uptown Urban Design Framework Emerges From Final EIS

Bigger buildings and thousands of new residents and jobs could be headed to Uptown in the coming years, depending on the outcome of an...

Together We Can Make Housing Affordability Mandatory in Seattle

This year, we have an opportunity to make Seattle housing more affordable. The question is this: will we share our growth and prosperity, or...

Eastlake Property Rezoned, Two Structures Designated Historic Landmarks

The Seattle City Council weighed in on three land use items yesterday, which included votes for a site-specific rezone and the landmark designation of two...
A barren trenched has an access road on the city but empty field down the middle with bridges spanning the trench to connect the street grid.

Book Review: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore

Road to Nowhere author Emily Lieb is speaking at Elliott Bay Books on November 20. Here's a sneak peek at her book, which covers the plight of the Rosemont neighborhood of West Baltimore, as it was victimized by grand highway schemes.

A Conversation with Newly Retired Councilmember Rob Johnson

After ushering in the expansions of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) to all of Seattle's urban villages with a unanimous vote, District 4 Councilmember Rob...