Northgate Link Light Rail Expansion: How We Arrived
The history of Link light rail was writ large on the Northgate Link's opening day.
The entry point for my first ride to Northgate Station...
Midweek Video: Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam via Plan Jokinen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5pbDFDZyI
In the 1960s, Amsterdam briefly was sold on a highway urban renewal project designed by an American planner David Jokinen. It would have destroyed...
Sunday Video: Why Did Cities Build Downtown Malls?
https://youtu.be/PFG90WI8wI4
Dave Amos explores the history and life of downtown malls in North America. He points out their pitfalls and what alternatives may be better...
Sunday Video: How The US Made Affordable Homes Illegal
https://youtu.be/0Flsg_mzG-M
Vox digs deep into why American housing is so expensive, which runs the gamut from exclusionary zoning practices to a history of redlining.
Sunday Video: A City Split in Half
https://youtu.be/P6qg0sKJJKM
Berlin shows how arbitrary and definitive administrative boundaries can be through its divided history between West Germany and East Germany after World War II....
Sunday Video: How Native Hawaiians Fought The US Navy and Won
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nWZ15JeZnc
An island in Hawaiʻi had long been occupied and used by the United States military. But native Hawaiians fought to restore it to the...
It’s Not 1994 Anymore
But will Seattle stop acting like it before it’s too late?
With the Covid-19 crisis dragging on, and the climate crisis setting us up for...
Bellevue Should Save Coal Creek from Sprawl Development
Embedded in Bellevue's Coal Creek wilderness area are a handful of parcels that have been developed or zoned for single-family homes. In 2016 and...