Puget Sound Regional Growth Draft Plan Centered Around Transit
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has put out a draft proposal for VISION 2050, the multi-county policy document to guide regional growth through...
California Is For People: Promenades, Plazas, and Piers
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In a recent trip, I traveled south to California for a...
Sunday Video: What’s Happening With American Malls?
Malls have been closing up in America for years now, but remaining malls continue to reinvent themselves and some are seeing wild success. Dave...
Contract Rezone Will Bring MHA Units To Lower Queen Anne
Lower Queen Anne is poised to see construction of a new multi-family residential development (203 W Republican St) on the corner of W Republican St and...
Reimagining Southcenter: An Urban Mixed-Use District
Can a sprawling mall become an urban oasis?
Our Seattle region is growing up. New skyscrapers loom over where humble abodes once stood. New buildings...
Can Design Review Be Fast And Effective? Seattle Thinks So
Since 1994, Seattle has conducted mandatory design reviews of most large development projects. Design review gives the public (and city planners) a chance to...
Telosa: What We Can Learn from Utopian Myths
As a child, I watched a documentary at school about Arcosanti, a utopian city in the desert founded on the idea that environmental sustainability...
Rainier Beach Updates Its Neighborhood Plan
The Seattle City Council passed a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update, among many other things at a busy September 26th meeting. The plan focuses...