Four Generation Defining Megaprojects Seattle Must Start Now
Seattle’s era of small thinking and smaller plans must come to an end. In order to face the combined climate and housing crises, the...
Texts Reveal Durkan’s Office Used Covert Efforts to Disperse Protesters
Fourteen days after Seattle Police abandoned their East Precinct, then Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office began to develop “covert” plans to expel protesters from the...
One Stairway is Enough to Reach Housing Heaven
A bill allowing single-stairway "point access block" buildings would enhance housing and neighborhoods.
On February 2nd the Washington State Senate held its first hearing on...
Ballard’s Historic District Board Looks to Blow the Roof Off Street Cafes
The future of wildly popular streateries now rests in a narrow view of the street's past.
It’s 9am on a Thursday morning in the multipurpose...
More Chinatown Station Ideas Floated as Sound Transit Meanders toward Decision
Will the station be shallow, deep, or somewhere between? On Fourth or Fifth Avenue? Or skip Chinatown and Midtown altogether for a Pioneer Square...
Pollet, Pedersen, and Blethen Assail State Housing Push
In this WALeg report, predictable opposition arises against missing middle housing bills.
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The Week’s Focus: Condominium Act reforms.
The...
State Road Safety Push Overlooks Design, Dwells on Enforcement
On Thursday, a bipartisan group of leaders held a press conference addressing a new focus on traffic safety during this legislative session. Sen. Marko...
Metro Unveils Lynnwood Link Bus Restructure Concepts in an Austerity Redux
King County Metro is back with its next phase of the Lynnwood Link bus restructure process. The proposal focuses on feeding riders to new...