Time to Immediately Sunset Houghton and East Bellevue Community Councils
As a Kirkland resident, I was shocked to learn just this spring that one neighborhood in my city has outsized influence over the entire...
State Improves Model Code to Promote Middle Housing
The state responded to feedback from urbanists and homebuilders by finetuning its draft model code for missing middle housing to be more generous around lot coverage, floor area ratio, setbacks, and design standards.
Seattle’s Newest Inductees for the Hall of Fame (For Infuriating Maps)
Seattle has a history of infuriating maps. For its relatively young age as an official municipality, the place has produced amazing blood-boiling cartography.
Some maps...
Seattle Parks Vaunts Golf Courses as Urban Wildlife Habitat, But Some Cry Foul
Seattle Parks and Recreation staff set off a bit of a backlash last week when they shared a blog post praising its four golf...
Right Up Our Alley
Visit Europe and the alleys are alive. They are a place for people with active uses filling up the storefronts. Sure, they still have...
Frelingford’s Stone Way Corridor Continues Building Boom
Stone Way and the surrounding Fremont and Wallingford blocks continue to be a focal point of new construction. In 2015, I predicted this neighborhood,...
Measuring Success on the Urban Villages Strategy, Part 1: What It’s All About
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 in a three-part series on measuring the success of Seattle’s urban village strategy. For the the 22 independent indicators,...
Displacement Tensions Come To A Head At Midtown Center
Early Wednesday morning a detachment of about 15 Seattle Police Department officers dispersed a group of people camped inside Black Dot, which is located within...