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Parks and Public Space

Fridaygram: Activating Seattle’s Squares

Bright colored cafe tables and chairs decorate two Seattle parks, Westlake and Occidental. Over summer, these parks have featured new experiences, as part of...

New Pedestrian Bridge Coming To Everett

A bridge with a view. That's what Everett plans to build later this year. The project is an outgrowth from various utility needs and...

Lid I-5 Awarded $48,000 Grant for Community Outreach

Lid I-5 has been awarded a $48,000 grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to further our campaign of reconnecting communities divided by Interstate...

Pike Place Expansion is Underway

Construction has begun on the Pike Place Market expansion project, the first addition to the Market in 40 years. Crews broke ground on June...
A visualization of I-5's complex weave of ramps and lanes. (Graphic by the author)

Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle: Design Guidelines and Moving Forward

In yesterday's article, I went over some of the characteristics of I-5 in Downtown Seattle and offered some temporary solutions for mitigating the effects...

First U-District Parklet Opens

During the University District Street Fair two weekends ago, the neighborhood welcomed its first official parklet. Located on 43rd Street at University Way, the parklet...

The Urbanist Christmas Wish List For Seattle

On Tuesday we sardonically noted that Seattle had gotten itself a new youth jail for Christmas (real festive!) in a headline. That got us...

Sunday Video: Train Stations Are Making A Comeback, But Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YGVytC-7s In this video, Dave from City Beautiful talks about how historic train stations are experiencing a renaissance in America and how they're leading to...