PLUZ Committee To Take Up U District Rezone Discussion On Thursday
The University District rezone and urban design process has come a long way. Tomorrow (January 19th), the Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee...
Garbage Diagrams Only Tell Half of the Story
Let's try to build a picture of King County’s waste issues.
For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on an article about...
Seattle Council Sets the Stage for a Potential Multiplex Boom
The Seattle City Council added a series of series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update to the City's Comprehensive Plan in September. The bonuses could unleash the city's former single family zones to create a stacked flat multiplex boom, ranging up to 12-plexes.
Seattle Income Tax Comes Into Focus
The Seattle income tax on high-income earners has formally been introduced to the City Council. The proposed income tax would generally kick in at...
The Patchwork City: What Gaps and Overlaps in City Boundaries Tell Us about Values
I. Those Left Out: Skyway and Bryn Mawr
It is budget season. Throughout Washington, cities are creating budgets that reflect the dual impacts of pandemic...
Streetcar and 101 ‘Ghost’ Positions at SPD Survive Budget Deliberations
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has a special privilege granted to no other department in the City. The City allocates funding to SPD for...
Street Cafés Becoming a Permanent Amenity in More Puget Sound Cities
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to remember, but prior to the onset of the Covid pandemic, street cafés, sometimes called streateries, were few and far...
Let’s Talk Inclusionary Zoning: An Interview With Gerrit Knaap
Below is an interview transcript with Gerrit Knaap. This transcript is part of a series of interviews that are meant to shed light on...