Seattle Office Of Housing Plans 235 Affordable Homes At Fort Lawton

After more than a decade of delays, a plan to build more than 200 affordable housing units on a 28-acre site at Fort Lawton...

Meetup Video: May 2021 with Sam Assefa

https://youtu.be/sagR5Hd6i-4 Sam Assefa joined for the May meetup as out guest speaker. Assefa formerly served as Director of the Seattle Office of Planning and Community...

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...

Bell Street: A Chance to Shape a Final Piece of the Waterfront Project

A survey on possible Bell Street changes is open for public comment through February 12th. As work continues at a feverish pace to complete some...

Recharge The Battery Advocates Back with New Promenade Vision

In late March, the Seattle City Council voted to turn the Battery Street Tunnel into a modern-day urban landfill. Many local community groups and...
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Pollution Impacts Heighten the Need for Lids or Freeway Removal

As the region prepares for Sound Transit 2 (ST2) investments to come online, several cities are increasing zoning capacity near future light rail stations....

Sunday Video: 24 Hours In Rotterdam

https://vimeo.com/246188042 In this video, locals and city officials from Rotterdam explain how the city center has had an intentional urban renaissance by increasing residential densities,...

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...