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Parks and Public Space

Melbourne: A Case Study in the Revitalization of City Laneways, Part 2

Article Note: This is the second installment of a two-part series on laneways. See Part 1 for background on efforts to enhance Melbourne's laneway network including discussion of...

Melbourne: A Case Study in the Revitalization of City Laneways, Part 1

Article Note: This is the first installment of a two-part series on laneways, see Part 2. “We need an approach that will see our cities...

Fridaygram: Activating Seattle’s Squares

Bright colored cafe tables and chairs decorate two Seattle parks, Westlake and Occidental. Over summer, these parks have featured new experiences, as part of...

University of Washington’s New Spaces For Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Editor's Note: Rendering for the featured image is by MIR. The University of Washington is wrapping up major construction of new student housing in the West...

‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year

Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The group known as...

Closing Trafalgar Square To Traffic

Framed by grand buildings, Trafalgar Square, was up until the mid-1990s choked by traffic which encircled its edges on four sides. The historic design...
Feel the distancing in this Gas Works Park vista.

Fridaygram: Gas Works Park

One of Seattle’s most unique places, Gas Works Park, is a pioneering example of the regeneration of a contaminated industrial site as a public...

How To Think About Access In Evolving Seattle

Questions and answers about accessing cities and neighborhoods once spoke the language of exit ramps, street widening and parking adequacy. Now, different conversations, and...