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Parks and Public Space

Trailhead Direct Returns for Another Season with Expanded Transit Service

Urban hikers and outdoor enthusiasts will have access to Trailhead Direct once again beginning on Saturday--bypassing congested and often full trailhead parking lots. The...

Sunday Video: 24 Hours In Rotterdam

https://vimeo.com/246188042 In this video, locals and city officials from Rotterdam explain how the city center has had an intentional urban renaissance by increasing residential densities,...

Recharge The Battery Advocates Back with New Promenade Vision

In late March, the Seattle City Council voted to turn the Battery Street Tunnel into a modern-day urban landfill. Many local community groups and...

How Would You Design A Better Seattle Monorail?

The Seattle Monorail recently released a survey on how riders perceive the system and how they think it could be improved. Built in 1962,...
A rendering some a row of trees and lawn on a lid over 405.

Pollution Impacts Heighten the Need for Lids or Freeway Removal

As the region prepares for Sound Transit 2 (ST2) investments to come online, several cities are increasing zoning capacity near future light rail stations....

Mall Owner Proposes Northgate Redevelopment Finally

From its inception, Northgate Mall has been a beachhead of autocentric suburbia within Seattle's urban landscape. So it came as a surprise and joy...

Sprucing Up Alleys in South Downtown

Progress on active alleys continues in Pioneer Square. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has recently wrapped up work on the next upgrade phase...

Reclaiming Street Space in Capitol Hill

Even before Summit Slope Park opened in late 2010, advocates were looking beyond the borders of the park's lot to the narrow stretch of...