Parks and Public Space

Pandemic Recovery Guidance Should Emphasize Al Fresco Business Operations

The past few months have been very trying times as the Covid-19 pandemic swept the country. By mid-March, Washington Governor Jay Inslee ordered non-essential...

Sunday Video: The Rise Of The Stadium District

https://youtu.be/zczyEkkjvZk Dave Amos at City Beautiful takes a look at the newish stadium district trend that pairs new arenas and stadiums with mixed-used, urban development....

What Seattle Can Learn from Philadelphia’s Freeway Lid Project

A visit from a Philadelphia planner with expertise on freeway lids offers insights for how to reconnect Seattle. Last week the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)...

Monday’s Traffic Meltdown Showed Downtown Freeways are Brittle

Monday was quite the ordeal. Around 10am a propane truck got into a collision and rolled over blocking an interchange between I-90 and I-5 near Downtown. Propane being...
A watercolor depiction shows kids playing and couples walking on the waterfront trail.

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...
A photo from 1905 showing Second and Pine Street during regarding with the old Washington Hotel on the top of the hill.

Sunday Video: Seattle’s Long-Forgotten Hill

The Denny Regrade, completed between 1897 and 1930, changed the face of Seattle's downtown forever. This video from Seattle's municipal archives breaks down how it happened and why.

Redesign the U District / Wallingford I-5 Scar on September 16

Have you been looking for a way to get directly involved with the Lid I-5 movement? Now is your chance! Join us on Saturday, September...
A small marina provides the backdrop.

Seattle Street Ends: Portage Bay

John Feit's street end tour visits four "incredible ready-to-visit spots on Union and Portage Bay." These pocket parks make the most of spare public shoreline right of way.