Parks and Public Space

Reclaiming Street Space in Capitol Hill

Even before Summit Slope Park opened in late 2010, advocates were looking beyond the borders of the park's lot to the narrow stretch of...

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...

Help Recharge the Battery Street Tunnel

“Nobody stopped to hear him, though he played so sweet and high. They knew he had never been on their T.V., so they passed...

City Council Greenlights Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion

The Seattle Asian Art Museum expansion and rehabilitation project cleared a major hurdle on Monday. During their normal weekly meeting, the Seattle City Council...

Building the Compassionate City

We shape our cities, and afterwards our cities shape us, to paraphrase Winston Churchill. In this, he eloquently drew a line between the built...

Support Housing at Fort Lawton Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night, the city is holding a pivotal meeting on the future of property adjacent to Discovery Park in Magnolia: will the possibility of...

Your Voice, Your Choice 2018 Has Begun

Seattle's Participatory Budgeting program for parks and street projects, Your Voice, Your Choice, is back for its second year, with a funding increase for...

57-Story Proposal for Civic Square Gets Second Design Review Tomorrow

The saga of Civic Square will take a step closer to a conclusion at a second Early Design Guidance meeting with the Downtown Design...