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Preservation

A photo shows the Seattle skyline viewed from First Hill from a new tower construction project.

Housing Notes: Council Preserves Drive Thru, Challenge Seattle Report Backs Zoning Overhaul

It has been raining housing reports and housing news over the last week. Challenge Seattle, an alliance of local CEOs, released a 124-page housing...

Cascadia’s Chinatown Problem

According to news reports, it is difficult to walk into Chinatown without seeing urban blight and homelessness. The city’s pre-eminent ethnic neighborhood is difficult...

Can the Seattle Comprehensive Plan Slow Urban Sprawl and Prevent Farmland Loss?

Now, more than ever before, it’s essential that we protect our irreplaceable agricultural lands and promote the growth of resilient and regenerative food systems....
Viet Wah with apartments developing in the back

Kuo/郭: Watching Chinatown’s Gentrifying/Generational Change

Some of my earliest memories of taking public transit were the times when my maternal grandparents would occasionally walk me and my brother to...
The three story brick labor temple with teal accents. A Belltown skyscraper is in the background.

Unions Head South but Negotiate Plan to Preserve the Labor Temple Building

Among the victims of 2020 is the Seattle Labor Temple, which the association of unions that manages the building put up for sale last...
Farmer in a field. (Erinn J. Hale Photography)

Wonkabout Washington: Farms Under Threat

On Tuesday, July 21st, Futurewise hosted Addie Candib, Pacific Northwest Regional Director of American Farmland Trust for a conversation about the threatened state of...
View of Medici Apartments at 7th St. and Bixel St. (Photo by Leilani Commons)

Los Angeles’ Fauxtalian Renaissance: Obliterating Culture and Facilitating Gentrification

If you’ve ever driven on US-101 through Downtown Los Angeles, you’ve seen Geoff Palmer’s Renaissance-style apartments. Marketed under ostentatious names such as The Medici,...

City Council Accepts Funds for RapidRide H Line Beautification of Delridge, Landmarks the Old...

On Monday, the Seattle City Council accepted $6,632.52 in grant funding to plan right-of-way beautification and safety improvements as part of the RapidRide H...