Sunday Video: What Happens After A City Removes A Freeway?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WDCc_UHds
Dave Amos of City Beautiful visits Seattle's waterfront and looks at what is happening as it transforms from having an elevated highway running through...
Lake Washington Boulevard Open Street Will Stay Confined to Weekends Despite Overwhelming Support
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) in conjunction with Seattle Parks and Recreation has announced that Lake Washington Boulevard's open street will be extended...
Bellevue Should Save Coal Creek from Sprawl Development
Embedded in Bellevue's Coal Creek wilderness area are a handful of parcels that have been developed or zoned for single-family homes. In 2016 and...
Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park Grapples with History of Expulsion
In the shadow of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and the midst of a dramatic rise in anti-Asian violence, I stumbled...
The Top 10 Street Ends of Ballard and Fremont
As previously written, Seattle has 141 Street End shoreline points. A great sampler is accessed by foot or bicycle from the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT)...
Seattle’s I-5 Named ‘Freeway Without a Future’
A Seattle stretch of I-5 is one of the "Freeways Without Futures" listed in seventh annual report from the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU),...
Sunday Video: The Dark Legacy of This Iconic Baseball Stadium
https://youtu.be/DxJuuWUzQzI
In Los Angeles, the history behind Dodger Stadium is marred by forced displacement of Latinos in several neighborhoods. The initial displacement was for government-funded...
Seattle’s Park System Rated 9th Best In New National Ranking
Jumping from 14th to 9th place in one year, Seattle leapt forward in the Trust for Public Land (TPL) ParkScore index in 2021 due...