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Parks and Public Space

Feriton Spur Park Opens in Kirkland, Provides Trail-Oriented Park Near Google Campus

Eastside residents, elected officials, and business leaders gathered yesterday evening to celebrate the reopening of Feriton Spur Park in Kirkland. The northern portion of...

Planned Belltown EV Charging Lot Originally Designed as Neighborhood Playground

The switch represents a broader trend of abandoning plans for people-centered spaces in Belltown in the Waterfront Seattle project. Seattle City Light is moving forward...

Sunday Video: 10 Best City Parks in North America

Ray Delahanty of CityNerd shares his list of the 10 best city parks in North America. The list is focused on parks largely situated...

Bellevue Council Update: Parks Levy Receives Further Study, Vision Zero Actions to Combat Rising...

In a meeting that will likely be remembered for antivax firefighters and some... interesting... public comment, Bellevue City Council actually discussed some important urbanist...

Industrial [Parks]: Seattle’s Green Edges

For most folks, their mental image of a city park is somewhat focused, and kinda Victorian. It’s an Olmsted designed rolling green of trees...

Bellevue Council Update: Safer Speeds, Guidelines for Arts Grants, and Future Public Spaces

Among other actions taken at Monday's meeting, Bellevue City Council voted to lower speed limits on some residential streets, discussed guidelines for awarding arts...

Sunday Video: Montréal Delivers a Most Impressive Elevated Transit Line

At RM Transit, Reece Martin takes a dive into Montréal’s planned elevated metro line. The line will use elevated segments that fit neatly into...

Bothell Preserves Main Street Pilot, Discarding Arguments About Hurting Transit

In June of 2020, the City of Bothell closed a one-block stretch of Main Street in its downtown to motor vehicles, opening the space...