Ray Dubicki
Ray Dubicki is a stay-at-home dad and parent-on-call for taking care of general school and neighborhood tasks around Ballard. This lets him see how urbanism works (or doesn’t) during the hours most people are locked in their office. He is an attorney and urbanist by training, with soup-to-nuts planning experience from code enforcement to university development to writing zoning ordinances. He enjoys using PowerPoint, but only because it’s no longer a weekly obligation.
Small reminders to celebrate lots of good neighbors.
In the short gap of indecisive September clouds between Smoke Season and Spider Season, Seattle experiences one of the town’s most prized but understated traditions. It’s plum season. And it makes the city so much more livable.
Just after Labor Day, the fruit...
There are three very important things you need to know about taking the Alaska ferry from Bellingham, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. First, the trip is one of the most serene transits through a stunningly beautiful landscape that it is possible to take. Second, this is a boat operated by...
One would be excused for missing the door to 911 Pine Street. It is a classic alcove doorway, deserving of little attention even if it wasn't overshadowed. Unlike its neighbor at 901 Pine, it does not have a box office, lengths of velvet rope, and a giant marquee of...
We deem that this year in Seattle Sports was PRETTY GOOD. We wished farewell to a G.O.A.T, while witnessing a playoff force rising from The Deep. It’s been a good time. Unless you are a fan of the Seahawks or currently cheering for the Mariners. Sorry about that. Either way,...
City dirty. Apply antiseptic liberally.
The flexible hybrid schedules and the hit-and-miss Return to Office plans of major employers are hurting most cities’ central business districts. Most downtowns were built of stacked offices over coffee shops to maximize the investment return on having folks spend 71% of their days in...
Now that we here in the northern hemisphere have celebrated summer solstice, we must get Official Summer underway.
That means we have to do all the outside things that we couldn’t do during the gloomy Seattle Long Dark, making hay while the sun shines. The list is long. We must...
Cascadia is uniquely set up as a region that would support high-speed rail. Between the linear arrangement of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC, and the just-over-100-mile distance between each one, the super region could be tied together by a fast rail line. It's an idea being pushed by a...
Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) has announced that release of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan will be delayed until September. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the plan had been expected to be released this month - itself a delay from the City's previous April 2023...