Seattle’s Geologic Hazards Can Be Overwhelming, But Preparation Can Start Now
“Seismic” buttons in Seattle’s elevators hide ubiquitously in plain sight. When I was new to the city last year, these buttons were a reminder...
Unserious in Seattle
The City's Comp Plan is seriously flawed from the start.
Seattle knows how to get serious when we need to, whether that’s building trillion dollar...
Cascadia’s Chinatown Problem
According to news reports, it is difficult to walk into Chinatown without seeing urban blight and homelessness. The city’s pre-eminent ethnic neighborhood is difficult...
Alex Pedersen’s Odd Resistance to Food Trucks, Bike Lanes, and Other Adaptive Street Use
While the vast majority of Seattleites identify as progressive when polled, the City of Seattle's approach to many of its biggest problems is fundamentally...
Seattle Public Utilities’ Drifting Code Interpretation Drives Up Housing Costs
SPU's justification for water main extensions relies on misunderstanding of Seattle Municipal Code. The results can be absurd: $800,000 in water main work for...
The View from Nathan’s Bus: Our Fall of Discontent
The world was ending, or so we thought. The malaise people forgot previously existed was once again upon us, a new and bodied thing,...
Public Safety Politics and the Even Election Reckoning
The votes have all been tallied and the red wave has officially folded in on itself, leaving even more blue shore than before in...
Planes, Trains, and the Only True Thanksgiving Movie
The holiday is a Chicago kind of event
It is Black Friday in America. For those of us avoiding the mall like it’s our racist...