Land Use

City Council Passes Transportation Level-of-Service Reform Bill

On Monday, the Seattle City Council met for a short legislative agenda session. The city council passed a reform bill for transportation level-of-service (LOS)...

Sunday Video: Our Disposable Architecture

Our Disposable Architecture by TEDx Talks on YouTube. A look at how our modern architecture has turned into throw away architecture, which lacks durability and...

Sunday Video: Architecture Turning Dreams Into Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyNGDWnmX0U To world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels, architecture is the fiction of the real world, in which dreams about the way we aspire to live our...

From Surface Parking to Belltown Mixed-Use

Another Belltown surface parking lot will soon meet its doom. In its place, The Natasha (aka 2134 Western Avenue) will rise up as a modern, eight-story mixed-use...

Redmond’s Aggressive Code Update Imperils 2,500 Homes Planned Near Overlake Station

Redmond has a grand vision for the Overlake neighborhood, which is set to get light rail by 2025. Redmond land use policies have funneled...

Lake City Rezone Proposal Seeks To Enhance The Pedestrian Realm

The Lake City neighborhood has been actively working through a three-year envisioning process to create a more walkable and retail-oriented district. The land use control framework...

Georgetown Community Development Authority Seeks Input on Plans for 150 Affordable Homes

As one of the few places in Seattle where industry rubs elbows with homes and small businesses, Georgetown is one of city's most distinctive...

Sunday Video: India’s Planned Capital City (Designed by Le Corbusier)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFF3t41png Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes a look at an Indian capital city, Chandigarh, to explore how two very different city building approaches--Garden City...