Seattle Has Worst Air Quality in World as Mayor Harrell Attends C40 Climate Summit
Mayor Bruce Harrell was in Buenos Aires yesterday attending the C40 Climate Summit. Back at home, Seattle's air quality was rated "very unhealthy" and...
Parking Enforcement Does Not Belong in SPD
While much of the media may have convinced itself that Seattle City Council radically defunded the police, it didn't. What Council did do was...
An Urbanist Vision for Seattle’s Third Avenue
Third Avenue in downtown Seattle is a place where many a plan goes to die, and yet the planning efforts keep stacking up. The...
A Reflection on the “Forbidden Houses” of Bothell
Four years ago I moved from a single-family home in Seattle to a condominium in dense downtown Kirkland. It was an adjustment. I loved...
The Urbanist Podcast: A Rainier By Any Other Name
In this podcast, managing editor Natalie Argerious and reporter Ray Dubicki talk about the names we put on places and events. It's the second...
Workers on the Frontlines of the Homelessness Crisis Deserve a Living Wage, Not Poverty...
Cops often earn triple the salaries of Seattle's social service workers; pay inequity is undermining the city's response to homelessness.
Seattle's response to homelessness hinges...
Wallingford Must Not Neglect Its Present or Its Future as It Celebrates the Past
An organization called Historic Wallingford is proposing to have a section of my home neighborhood encompassing more than 600 homes designated as an historic...
The Urbanist Podcast: Bringing Moviemaking Back to Seattle
In this podcast, managing editor Natalie Argerious and I discuss movies made in the Emerald City. From The Parallax View through Say Anything, there...