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Land Use

Redmond’s Aggressive Code Update Imperils 2,500 Homes Planned Near Overlake Station

Redmond has a grand vision for the Overlake neighborhood, which is set to get light rail by 2025. Redmond land use policies have funneled...
A photo of an outdoor dining area with plants.

Land Use Smorgasbord at Final Seattle City Council Meeting of 2022

Highway Lids, Design Review Waivers for Affordable Housing, Continuing Streateries, and Easing Food Truck Restrictions In its final full meeting of 2022, the Seattle City...
Midrise commercial and residential in Lakeview including Ivar's and an office building

Kirkland Smaller Development Node Spotlight: A Jumble of Car-centric and Smart Density

Having covered developments in transforming Totem Lake as well as the Downtown and Rose Hill corridor, what remains to tally up in Kirkland are...

Support for Freeway Lids Advances in Seattle Comprehensive Plan

At the junction of SR 520 and Montlake Boulevard in Seattle, construction crews are busy at work laying the foundation for the Montlake lid,...

Unserious in Seattle 

The City's Comp Plan is seriously flawed from the start. Seattle knows how to get serious when we need to, whether that’s building trillion dollar...
Feel the distancing in this Gas Works Park vista.

North Seattle Needs Industrial Zones

New rules provide opportunities to develop employment centers north of the Ship Canal. Now that the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development has completed...

Sunday Video: Third Places Are A Critical Part of Communities

Third places are a critical part of communities. They provide another space for people to be and mingle. But the suburbs and North American...

Sunday Video: The Most Urbanist Soccer Arenas In North America

It's World Cup season! So maybe it's worth talking stock of American soccer (football) culture. Ray Delahanty at CityNerd takes stock of the top...