Nick Licata Proposes Throwing More Money at Floundering Public Golf Courses
A growing chorus is calling on the City of Seattle to build social housing atop some of the 528 acres of public land that...
Reclaiming Street Space in Capitol Hill
Even before Summit Slope Park opened in late 2010, advocates were looking beyond the borders of the park's lot to the narrow stretch of...
Upcoming Event: Friends of Pier 86
Seattle may join other the examples of international cities with large public art on working silos and grain terminals. For the past year, the committee...
Copenhagenize: A Conversation with Councilmember González
Councilmember Lorena González traveled to Copenhagen with a delegation of local leaders in August to study the policies and infrastructure that have given rise...
An Urbanist’s Destination Guide to the Northgate Station Area
From ice skating to disc golf, the Northgate Station area offers activities to work up an appetite, as well as globe-spanning cuisine to satisfy...
Of Libraries, Parks, Book Stores, and Cinemas: Tacoma’s Social Infrastructre
In a previous installment, I wrote about the strain put on sidewalks when cities privatize, sell off, fail to maintain, or don’t care to...
City Unveils Site Plan for Green Lake Community Center Redevelopment
On Monday, Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks, for short) released a preliminary site plan for the new Green Lake Community Center as part of...
Lidding I-5 Declared “Technically Feasible” by Consultant Team
An important milestone in the Lid I-5 technical feasibility study has been reached. Data collected by engineering firm WSP indicates that it is structurally...