Midweek Video: Why Is Tokyo the World’s Largest Urban Area?
https://youtu.be/ngdNGX_23Gs
How did get Tokyo become one of the world's most populous urban area? Dave Amos explains how it became so urbanized.
Sunday Video: The Buildings “Model Cities” Built
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnBo5nqUzI&t=1166s
Model Cities is a little known chapter in our urban history. It was part of LBJ's War on Poverty, and was the last gasp...
Midweek Video: An Intro to Urban Wastewater Systems
https://youtu.be/-HkRkCXPjzw
Have you ever wondered how urban stormwater and sewer systems in cities work? Dave Amos walks through the history of these systems and the...
Sunday Video: Where Manhattan’s Grid Came From
https://youtu.be/QaIOfgz8FVY
In this video, Vox explains how New York settled on Manhattan’s modern grid.
KOMO Demagoguery Piques Interest in Real Solutions for Homelessness
KOMO 4’s Seattle is Dying documentary hit Seattle like a giant stink-bombshell. Homelessness has been a big issue in Seattle for a while, but...
North Seattle Land [Ab]Use Bike Ride Recap
Last September, I led a 30-person deep bike ride from Ballard to Wallingford for The Urbanist. Ages ranged from four to mid-70s, we had...
Forward Thrust Part 2: The Art of Picking Sides
The Forward Thrust bond initiatives of 1968 and 1970 were a success because of their ambition. They were also failures because of their myopia....
Can Minimalist Painting Keep Its Privileged Position after SAM’s Figuring History Exhibit?
One of the gifts of living in a large city is the presence of well-endowed cultural institutions. Sitting next to our theater companies, the...