Parks and Public Space

Large highway signs that prompted pushback from nearby residents when they were installed last year around SR 520 in Montlake are getting a second look. The state has $750,000 in tweaks planned that would scale back the size of new road signage.

We're nearing a year since the opening of the 4-block Bell Street Park between 1st and 5th Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood of downtown...

The Urbanist recently reported on Seattle snagging the 8th slot in the Trust for Public Land's 2023 national ParkScore index. In this episode, Natalie Argerious speaks with...

https://youtu.be/uoRsVdIyhUM What’s so great about street trees? City Beautiful offers some positive benefits of them in this video short.

With over a year of Stay Healthy Streets and Café Streets, Seattleites have become accustomed and even approving of the pedestrianization and expanded use...

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...

The University of Washington (UW) will soon be embarking a major makeover of the Burke Museum, an institution highly respected for its collection of...

https://youtu.be/QaIOfgz8FVY In this video, Vox explains how New York settled on Manhattan’s modern grid.