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...
What Autonomy Can Mean for the Capitol Hill Organized Protest
The power in urban design lies its ability to provide a lens into the future. It allows communities to project themselves, their families, their...
Seattle City Council Adopts Voter Registration Law, Updated Pedestrian Master Plan, And Extends Pilot...
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council approved new requirements for landlords to provide voter registration information to tenants, extension of a low-income transit pass pilot...
WSCC Addition Illustrates The Difficulty Of Mitigating Freeway Trenches
At the first public benefits hearing of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition, Seattle Design Commissioners danced around a tough truth: planning good public...
Trailhead Direct’s 2024 Schedule Restores Second Route to Hiking Destinations
King County's popular Trailhead Direct weekend shuttle service between Seattle and Eastside hiking hotspots returns on May 25 with two separate routes to choose from. The last two seasons, the County offered just one route.
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...
A Christmas Market That Doesn’t Suck Is Still Elusive for Seattle
Holiday merrymaking should involve more whimsy, less rigmarole, and less price gouging.
Seattle still hasn't cracked the code to create a true Christmas market that...
Op-Ed: The War Over Tacoma’s Planting Strips
How the City of Tacoma uses planting strips along its streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing standards. The City has gone out of its way to exclude homeless people from this space with $163,000 worth of boulders.