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.
April 25 Ballot to Decide Operations and Construction Measures around Puget Sound.
Ballots have reached voters for the upcoming April special election, with the off-season, off-year vote focusing on funding districts and services in all corners of the region. The ballots are due April 25 by 8pm.
The useful mnemonic for...
There was a time that Seattle’s complete neighborhoods were defined not by walkability or access to services, but by the quality of their cheap teriyaki lunch. The selection of sauced meats on a pile of rice with a spiral of veggies was a city staple and guaranteed filling meal,...
It's one of the rare years that Ramadan, Passover, and Easter coincide, so it feels appropriate to take a look at the city where the three big faiths collide. Often, and unfortunately this year, somewhat literally. And who better to calmly and thoroughly guide us through the Old City...
Thank you for contacting The Urbanist Podcast. It is Spring Break, so co-hosts Ray Dubicki and Natalie Argerious are out of the office this week. Please enjoy a couple of unaired clips and updates from earlier stores we covered. We assure you that tiki shirts are being worn.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1938834/12610522-the-urbanist-podcast-oops-all-clips.mp3
As always,...
Unpave paradise and take down that parking lot.
Trees in Seattle are facing a new threat, not from beetles or the axe, but from legislation. Sponsored by land use committee chair Dan Strauss and announced by Mayor Bruce Harrell, the long anticipated tree legislation promises to protect the tree...
The legislative clock ticks closer to its late April conclusion this WALeg Wednesday.
In This Digest:
Important Bills At A Glance
Weekly Focus: Slim, Difficult Housing Bills Continue to Progress
The striker amendments that were stalking many of the housing bills in the Washington Legislature have caught up to their targets. While...
Some of the infrastructure in Ballard is so large that it’s virtually invisible. From rusting ship hulls in the canal to the marina complexes around the bridge, it is easy to overlook the evidence of industrial Seattle.
The block-long Magnum Storage building is among those too big to notice...
We don't often think of our neighbors down the Pacific Coast as frequent recipients of Seattle-levels of rain. But this winter has been a difficult stretch, with wave after wave of storms damaging homes and piling up (much needed) snowpack. In this video, Heart of the City talks about...