Elevate Cricket in Incoming Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle Parks Levies
Move aside pickleball, it's time to give another rapidly growing sport in the Puget Sound the limelight. “Cricket has seen an exponential growth in...
Canopy-Heavy Green Streets Hold the Key to Climate-Proofing Mobility
Last month, Urbanist reporter Ryan Packer wrote about how the massive SR 99 tunnel project in Seattle is bleeding money due to traffic being...
Primary Indicates Blue Wall is As Strong As Ever in Washington State
Red wave crashes into reality; blue tides are rising.
Primary results continue to trickle in, but most ballots have been counted, and Republican hope of...
In Wallingford, Vision and Memory, Luck and Loss
The “Visions of Wallingford” project poses a question: “How does a neighborhood learn?”
It’s one that strikes me as both fascinating and important.
It’s important because...
Breaking Down the New Seattle City Council Map Proposal
Magnolia is getting split in two in the first official proposal (interactive map here) from the redistricting commission deciding the borders for Seattle's seven...
Jumps in Rent Underscore Need for Rent Stabilization in Washington
Rent stabilization and ending apartment bans, a match made in heaven.
Rents are going up, and almost no one is being spared. Even tenants in...
How to Rescue South Bellevue Station from Suburban Asphyxiation
From a transit-oriented development perspective, in the nearly $3.7 billion East Link light rail extension, the most shameful station area, by far, is around...
Talton’s Westlake Starbucks Nostalgia is Misplaced, Take it from a Barista
Recently The Seattle Times published a eulogy for the shuttered Starbucks at Westlake Park by columnist Jon Talton. In the piece, Talton explains how...