What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Water Wars, Sky Terraces, And Surveys

Giving back: Amazon plans to open a temporary homeless shelter. Big plans: Seattle University reveals plans for a new 10-story office and dormitory tower. Another record:...

What We’re Reading: Vote For Sustainable Seattle Parks

Seattle transportation: The Seattle Subway makes their closing arguments on what Sound Transit should prioritize for the update to the Long-Range Plan. Zach argues...

What We’re Reading: Missing Middle YVR, Living Battery Street, and Security Theater

Legacy entertainment saved?: Amazon is picking up Landmark Theaters. Will that save the Guild 45th and the Seven Gables? Deadly right hooks: Data from Toronto...

What We’re Reading: Bleak Coastal Future, Mixed-Use Depot, and Olive’s Extension

Bleak coastal future: A new sea level rise study indicates even more cities and areas across the globe will be under water by 2050...

What We’re Reading: Joy of Play Returns, Still Under Appeal, and New Independent Department

Unwillingness to perform: What does an anti-transit federal government look like? Joy of play returns: "Risky" playgrounds are making a comeback. Going green: Kroger is ending...

What We’re Reading: Incentivizing Biking, Out of Control, and Many Beltways

Cleaner energy in DE: Germany will phase all of its coal power plants by 2038. Incentivizing biking: An Italian city will pay people to ride...

What We’re Reading: Jane Jacobs, Arena Implosion, And A Shadow Run

Increase social welfare: Why public housing needs to be part of the solution for affordable housing. Face the book: Facebook is hungry for further expansion...

What We’re Reading: The First White President

The First White President: Ta-Nehisi Coates lays bare white supremacy and the racism coursing through this country's veins in this excellent long read in The...