Shaun Kuo
Shaun Kuo is a junior editor at The Urbanist and a recent graduate from the UW Tacoma Master of Arts in Community Planning. He is a urban planner at the Puget Sound Regional Council and a Seattle native that has lived in Wallingford, Northgate, and Lake Forest Park. He enjoys exploring the city by bus and foot.
More than 4,500 homes have been constructed, permitted, or proposed in the Chinatown-International District since 2019 -- 1,240 units of them affordable, based on our roundup of development.
Like other neighborhoods in Seattle zoned for apartments, the Chinatown-International District (CID) faces heavy development pressure. These pressures are particularly acute in...
After being 122 votes short from being validated in the April 27, 2021 special election, the Shoreline Parks Bond is back for another shot with voters. The measure was then approved by the Shoreline City Council on June 28, 2021 to place it on the November ballot. However, city...
Recently, the City of Seattle released the final draft of the Crown Hill Urban Village Action Plan in which a pedestrian loop is proposed to be improved with the addition of a "festival street." As a north Seattleite, I had not heard of this term before in part because...
In November, Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) released their draft Crown Hill Urban Action Plan. The scope of this plan is small, short-term, and focused on community, sustainability, livability, and equity. You've come to the wrong place if you're in search of a much needed revision...
While Shoreline's park bond measure did not make it to the November ballot, neighboring Lake Forest Park's ballot contains a measure to increase funding for parks in this suburban city north of Seattle. Proposition No. 1 or the levy for walkways, safe connections, parks, and recreation also would also...
Already the destination for many transit riders, the U District Station offers the most reasons to visit for light rail riders on its opening, October 2nd. Food and retail are easily more numerous and diverse in the U District when compared to Northgate and Roosevelt. The source of overwhelming...
With the Northgate link light rail extension coming online, tens of thousands of additional daily riders are estimated to use the region's light rail system. If you're expecting to be one of those new riders or an preexisting one, there's good reason to stop at the new Roosevelt Station....
When we last covered new development coming to the Roosevelt Station area, the Link light rail Northgate extension was still over two years away from opening. Back then, Roosevelt Station was already on the outer perimeter of a growing cluster of old and new mid-rise apartment buildings. For the...