Parks and Public Space

Seattle isn’t known as a beachfront city, but we’re home to over 200 miles of shoreline along Lake Union, Puget Sound, and Lake Washington....

Construction has begun on the Pike Place Market expansion project, the first addition to the Market in 40 years. Crews broke ground on June...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fRIGphgtk Amanda Burden talks about why public spaces are important to cities and what makes them work (or not).

https://vimeo.com/131396094 Central Melbourne experienced decline in the 1980s, with many residents and businesses moving to the suburbs. The Cerebral City highlights approaches which revitalized the city's public spaces,...

Article Note: This is a guest post by Cory Crocker, a University District advocate for public park space and leader of the U District Square campaign. Please join...

During the University District Street Fair two weekends ago, the neighborhood welcomed its first official parklet. Located on 43rd Street at University Way, the parklet...

Nearly one month ago, the Lake2Bay Coalition hosted a public realm exploration walk to collect people's opinion on the public spaces around Belltown and...

Editor's Note: For more great photography of urbanism, follow The Urbanist and Stephen on Instagram. In a recent trip, I traveled south to California for a...