Land Use

The once and future street, and how it defines us

A week’s residency in Glasgow, Scotland returns a 2011 essay to the forefront, and its message: In the post-freeway world, recall the important, organic...

Introducing “Seattle in Progress,” a mobile web app for engaging Seattle in planning and...

  I pass construction sites every day — it's hard not to in Seattle — and every time I do, I wonder what's being built....

Tweet of the Week: Lunchtime Streets

San Francisco is putting many of its smaller streets to better use with a people-focus. As you can see from Will's tweet, San Francisco...

Ballard Urban Design Framework Meeting Tomorrow

Image: Preliminary schematic of a Market Street and 17th Avenue subway station (Sound Transit's Corridor D) in Central Ballard. Just a reminder that this Thursday (November...

10 Ways Northgate Mall Could Become ‘Downtown Northgate’

With the coming light rail expansion to Northgate in 2021, it's a good time to start talking about what things could be done to make...

Why the ‘finesse of the avenue’ is what cities need

Fourth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. The Finesse of the Avenue Last month in Cassis, the Avenue Victor Hugo told the stories surrounding its...

A skyscraper city is on the horizon, but is its full potential being realized?

Seattle's building boom is in full swing, and a healthy part of this is in new skyscraper construction. Over 37 projects are soon to...

Linkage Fees are a supply-side solution: Or, how land owners end up paying for...

Linkage Fees, proposed fees on new development to pay for affordable housing, have a lot of critics. And the critics' arguments are probably all...