Parks and Public Space

A photo of a raised drawbridge.

Issuing Bonds For Bridges is Back On the Table as Council Discusses SDOT Budget...

A proposal for the City of Seattle to issue bonds to pay for maintenance on several key bridges has been put back on the...

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,...

Sunday Video: Freeway Lids – What They Are, Why We Build Them

CityNerd takes a dive into some of the most interesting freeways lids in the United States. Several freeway lids in the Seattle area make...

The Top 10 Street Ends of Ballard and Fremont

As previously written, Seattle has 141 Street End shoreline points. A great sampler is accessed by foot or bicycle from the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT)...
The stole the name of our baseball team, now they’re eating Seattle’s lunch out on a newly built restaurant patio. (City of Coquitlam)

Ideas in Open Streets: Coquitlam, B.C.

Coquitlam, British Columbia is letting its restaurants and stores spill outside and take over their parking lots. In the name of social distancing, of...

Council Signs Off On CID Rezone & Tackles Tower Spacing

On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed significant legislation affecting Downtown zones. Most areas of Chinatown-International District received a comprehensive rezone increasing building heights...

Redesign the U District / Wallingford I-5 Scar on September 16

Have you been looking for a way to get directly involved with the Lid I-5 movement? Now is your chance! Join us on Saturday, September...

P-Patch Rescue Obscures Raw Deal on Seattle Center’s Mercer Garage

There may not have been a better illustration of the degree to which transportation planning for the new Seattle Center arena is weighted toward...