Seattle City Council Approves Affordable Housing Plan for Uptown Site and Ped Plan
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council signed off an ordinance that could bring up to 100 more affordable housing units to Uptown. The city council...
Sizeism: Why Small Homes Belong in Fremont and Seattle-wide
The urbanist community spit-taked last week reading a glib op-ed in The Seattle Times that railed against a project planned for Fremont which includes...
Metro Everett Framework Moves Forward with Draft Plan
The City of Everett is moving ahead with its subarea planning effort to dramatically increase development capacity and remake the city's downtown core. Known...
Hearing Examiner Recommends UW Campus Master Plan Amid Community Concerns
Flying under the radar, the University of Washington's campus master plan update received a recommendation by Seattle Hearing Examiner Sue Tanner in mid-January. In...
What Is A Housing Emergency Really?
I want to tell you about 417 acres of land owned by the city of Seattle, about 1% of the Seattle that does not...
Nashville Contemplates $5.2 Billion Transit Package and Denser Future
People tend to think of country music rather than urbanism when they think of Nashville, but Tennessee's capital is plotting an urban transformation all...
Local Architect Renders Highrise Seattle of the Near Future
Earlier this week, renderings of future highrise Seattle appeared on local social media showing an astonishing change to the city skyline over the next...
City Council Greenlights Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion
The Seattle Asian Art Museum expansion and rehabilitation project cleared a major hurdle on Monday. During their normal weekly meeting, the Seattle City Council...