Ballard Urban Design Rezone Nears Final Approval
The face of Ballard has experienced remarkable change over the past decade with renewed interest in major developments like the Ballard Hotel, AMLI Mark 24,...
Council To Adopt Mandatory Housing Affordability Residential Program
The Seattle City Council is poised to pass a landmark housing and land use policy today that will complete a two-pronged framework centered on delivering...
Council Poised To Approve $149 Million North Precinct Design
The controversial, expensive, and seemingly rushed-through North Seattle police precinct is now headed for a vote of the full City Council on Monday, which...
City Council Rundown: Lake City Rezone, Renters Protected, Alley Vacated, And The Theodora Preserved
It was a packed agenda for the Seattle City Council yesterday with a range of land use and housing topics passing across the dais....
City Council Looks Toward 2017 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Work is well underway in updating Seattle's Comprehensive Plan as part of the Seattle 2035 program. And while that is close to adoption, the City...
Why I’m An Urbanist
When I was four years old, I wrote a letter to Mother Nature. Signed, sealed, and delivered to the boulder in our suburban front...
Sunday Video: Dublin Docklands Virtual Tour
Dublin has banked much of its growth on redevelopment of its Docklands north and south of the River Liffey. Hundreds of millions of Euros...
Sound Transit News Dump: Capitol Hill Station Land Sale, More Double-Deckers, And New LRV...
In typical form, Sound Transit made a late week news dump on Thursday announcing approval of a $2.65 million property sale for affordable housing,...