Constantine’s King County Parks Levy Proposal Would Expand Trails, Programming
On Tuesday, King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled his $1.5 billion proposal to renew the King County Parks Levy, which expires at year's end. The levy funds parks and regional trail expansions, educational programming at partner organizations, and operations and maintenance.
Seattle Waterfront Park Makeover Promises New Greenway and Public Fishing
The Seattle Waterfront is set to get a big makeover and the scope of those upgrades got larger thanks to a $45 million gift...
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...
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...
PSRC Releases First Ever Regional Open Space Plan
On Tuesday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released a draft plan to guide conservation of open spaces throughout the four-county region in the decades...
Council Approves Mosqueda’s Tenant Protection Bill and Seattle Center Arena Signage
On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda's tenant protection bill targeting multifamily buildings up for sale. The city council also adopted...
An Urbanist Vision for Seattle’s Third Avenue
Third Avenue in downtown Seattle is a place where many a plan goes to die, and yet the planning efforts keep stacking up. The...
Midweek Video: The Quick Way to Make New Pedestrian Plazas
https://youtu.be/bnIRbwVG4sY
Dave Amos highlights how communities across the country are converting street space to pedestrian plazas.