Sunday Video: What Happens After A City Removes A Freeway?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WDCc_UHds
Dave Amos of City Beautiful visits Seattle's waterfront and looks at what is happening as it transforms from having an elevated highway running through...
PARK(ing) Day Is Back Again, Opportunity To Transform Public Space For People
PARK(ing) Day has returned and it’s bigger than ever! Over 50 locations in Seattle will be transformed into temporary park space for play, entertainment,...
Op-Ed: A Tale of Two Cities — Why Do Plazas Empty Us?
Cities should overhaul their approach to plazas to create places where people can really belong and linger, argues urban researcher Jae Seong Cho, who points to the shortcomings of Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Plaza and Los Angeles’ Grand Park to illustrate his point.
Will Pike/Pine Street Have Pedestrian Only Weekends This Summer?
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is considering another slate of pedestrian-only events on Pike and Pine Streets this summer, building on the popularity...
Seattle Narrows Down List of Permanent “Healthy Streets”
Many neighborhoods were left out and many unsafe, unhealthy streets remain.
Ever since Mayor Jenny Durkan announced in 2020 that 20 miles of the pandemic-created...
Observing People in Pike Place, Part 2
Article Note: This is the second installment in a series on observations of people in Pike Place. See Part 1 for a brief background of public...
The Alaskan Way Viaduct Must Come Down, Not Be Converted Into a Park, Part...
Editor's note: This is cross-posted from The Northwest Urbanist.
A group of Seattle residents called Park My Viaduct is campaigning to convert the city's waterfront freeway...
Fridaygram: PARK(ing) Day Spaces in Ballard
Today marks the 10th year of the PARK(ing) Day movement, an international event which endeavors to highlight the need for more urban open spaces....