AIA Seattle’s Density Done Right Forum Imagines a Better Blueprint
How can a city increase its density gracefully? What would such a transformation look and feel like for residents? These questions guided the series of...
Off Limits: How Seattle’s Suburbs Are Blocking Housing
Suburbs surrounding Seattle, some of them literally islands, are pulling up the drawbridges to growth. That is putting even more pressure on Seattle to...
Plan Cities for the Working Class not for Real Estate Tycoons, Sam Stein Urges...
Samuel Stein's new book Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State aims to challenge urban planning orthodoxy. Writing from a socialist perspective with...
Hearing Examiner Squashes Appeal, Clearing Way for More Backyard Cottages
Yesterday Seattle Deputy Hearing Examiner Barbara Dykes Ehrlichman dismissed Queen Anne Community Council's appeal of the City's backyard cottage reform. The same appellant had...
Washington Legislature Opts for Incentives Over Mandates to Promote Housing Density in HB 1923
It's rare these days to hear of a piece of legislation attracting significant bipartisan support in both Washington State's House and Senate. For that...
If You Build It, They Will Come (Even if You Don’t Include Parking)
The McMenamins Elks Temple in Tacoma has been open for two weeks. With its five eateries and bars, ballroom, and 45 hotel rooms, this...
City Council Passes Electric Vehicle-Ready Legislation for Off-Street Parking
On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed legislation to require to much of new development in the city to provide electric vehicle-ready (EV) equipment....
Wonkabout Washington: Waterways and Skyway
Snohomish County Reconsiders Developing Channel Migration Zones
The Growth Management Act, including the Shoreline Master Program, touches many different land use issues in many different...