Portage Bay Park At 90% Design
The University District is on track for a new waterfront park by late next year. Portage Bay Park will build upon Sakuma Viewpoint, a...
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...
City Tells Convention Center: Addition Public Benefits Are Too Small
Yesterday both the City of Seattle and Community Package Coalition told the planners of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition that the public benefit...
The Convention Center Should Offer Major Community Investments
The Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) expansion is a massive undertaking that will reshape four city blocks in Seattle’s urban core. We, a coalition...
Sunday Video: Under The Bridge
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This author and photographer, Tim Durkan with King 5 news, interviews people experiencing homelessness and photographs those experiences, including the East Duwamish Greenbelt (commonly called...
The Merits Of Upgrading Seattle Center Coliseum
The City of Seattle hosted a media tour of KeyArena on Wednesday. The City hoped to get attention for the request for proposals it's issued to...
Get Ready For Participatory Budgeting
Last year, when the Mayor Ed Murray announced that Neighborhood District Councils (NDCs) would no longer be City-funded vessels for public outreach, one of...
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...