Land Use

Seattle City Council Setting The Framework For HALA

The Seattle City Council met last night as the Select Committee on Housing Affordability, an ad hoc committee formed to discuss, vet, and realize...

Join The Urbanist for a Walking Tour of Ballard

Ballard is in the midst of rapid change with scores of projects in the planning and development stages, but it is also one of Seattle's...

Public Finance Gaining Steam

In the heat of ongoing debates over the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations, single family zoning, and rent control, it sometimes seems...

Fridaygram: Wallingford Rowhouses

Over the weekend, I drove through Wallingford after picking up some groceries and along the way one particular row of houses caught my eye. At...

A Territorial Perspective: 970 Denny Way

Shinny, curvy, and tall. If there were any words to describe 970 Denny Way, those are it. Holland Partner Group is planning to transform nearly...

A Bright Light: Residence Inn at the Denny Triangle

A new hotel project could soon be breaking ground in what used to be a no-mans-land on the edge of Downtown Seattle. The Stonebridge...

The Crane @ Interbay

One project in Interbay embodies how big development can be accomplished at a definitively fine grain and tailored toward the human scale. The proposal...

Seattle City Council Notes: New Firearms Rules and Tax, City Enters Into Affordable Housing...

At a general legislative session yesterday, the Seattle City Council met to discuss a packed agenda. Topics ranged from the waterfront public space initiative to all-gender...