Sunday Video: How Public Spaces Make Cities Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fRIGphgtk
Amanda Burden talks about why public spaces are important to cities and what makes them work (or not).
Sunday Video: The Revitalization of Central Melbourne
https://vimeo.com/131396094
Central Melbourne experienced decline in the 1980s, with many residents and businesses moving to the suburbs. The Cerebral City highlights approaches which revitalized the city's public spaces,...
U District Parklet Launch Celebration
Article Note: This is a guest post by Cory Crocker, a University District advocate for public park space and leader of the U District Square campaign.
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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...
Event Today: Belltown and Denny Triangle Public Realm Community Workshop
Nearly one month ago, the Lake2Bay Coalition hosted a public realm exploration walk to collect people's opinion on the public spaces around Belltown and...
California Is For People: Promenades, Plazas, and Piers
Editor's Note: For more great photography of urbanism, follow The Urbanist and Stephen on Instagram.
In a recent trip, I traveled south to California for a...
Inside Seattle’s Greenest Commercial Building: The Bullitt Center
"We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't...
Micro Housing Part 3: Arguments in Opposition
Article Note: This is the third installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, and Part 5 as well.
The...