2021 Articles from The Urbanist to Take Out for a Second Spin
From the viewpoint of an editor, it's clear that many articles do not end up receiving the attention they deserve the first time around....
Durkan Leaves Behind a Mess After Four Rudderless Years
Today is Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's final day in office and attention is turning to her legacy as she passes the baton to her...
Dubicki: It Is Not Too Soon
Middle age, quarterbacks, and "Don’t Look Up"
Here we are at the threshold of the most important celebration of the year: my birthday. As it...
URBANIST G.O.R.E. 2022!
New Year! New Horrors! Pay for the whole year, but you’ll only need the edge!
In the spirit of Krampus, the Christmas demon who takes...
What Sawant’s Close 310-Vote Recall Victory Means for Seattle Politics
Business leaders just can't get rid of Kshama Sawant no matter how hard they try. Seattle's firebrand socialist city councilmember prevailed in her fourth...
Time to Immediately Sunset Houghton and East Bellevue Community Councils
As a Kirkland resident, I was shocked to learn just this spring that one neighborhood in my city has outsized influence over the entire...
More Dollars for Highways? Infrastructure Funding Is Not Necessarily a Gift
‘When is a gift not a gift?’
Baron Harkonnen answers a question with another in the movie Dune, based on the Frank Herbert sci-fi saga...
Former AIA Seattle Executive Director on Experiencing COP26
A bank of photojournalists lining the platform, their cameras a symphony of clicking and whirring. Bagpipes squeezing out a mournful tune. Protestors pressing forward, signs in...