Copenhagen’s Superkilen: A Model for Culturally Diverse Public Spaces
People seldom associate Copenhagen with urban strife, but before Superkilen was completed in 2012, Nørrebro was known as one of the most dangerous areas...
Office of Waterfront Sets Aside Feedback on Pedestrianizing Bell Street
As different elements of Seattle's waterfront overhaul are beginning to open to the public, Seattleites of all stripes naturally have many opinions about how...
Seattle Can Take Its New Tree Ordinance and Apply It to Itself
Unpave paradise and take down that parking lot.
Trees in Seattle are facing a new threat, not from beetles or the axe, but from...
State Lawmakers Must Pass Middle Housing Bill and Strip Poison Pill from TOD Bill
Many urbanists had high hopes that Senate Bill 5466 guaranteeing denser transit-oriented development (TOD) near rapid transit would sail through the State Legislature after...
Sparse Frequencies Limit Potential of Metro’s Proposed RapidRide G Bus Reshuffle
RapidRide G Line will have lots of capacity during the day, but evenings and connections get dicey.
Next year, the Seattle Department of Transportation...
Let’s Try to be Optimistic for Once, Seattle
Any frequent reader of The Urbanist knows that we have a long and painstakingly catalogued list of gripes with Seattle. From the completely avoidable...
What We Know About Sound Transit’s Alternatives to a Chinatown Station
It ain't much, but that's all the Board's going on too.
This week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will be deciding on preferred Ballard...
The Next ‘Big One’ Could Mean Big Displacement for Seattle’s Black Population
This op-ed originally was published by the South Seattle Emerald.
On February 28th, 2001, I was in middle school, in the computer lab. I remember...