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...

Seattle and King County Metro Solicit Feedback on Bus Hubs

Seattle and King County Metro Transit are working together to accommodate development of "bus hubs" in Seattle neighborhoods. Metro wants to consolidate the location...

Building the Compassionate City

We shape our cities, and afterwards our cities shape us, to paraphrase Winston Churchill. In this, he eloquently drew a line between the built...