Let's not fool ourselves about 'walkability'
Posted Fri, Jul 3, 6 a.m.
Walkable neighborhoods take more than density and sidewalks. You have to create conditions where small stores can survive.
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Posted Fri, Jul 3, 6 a.m.
Walkable neighborhoods take more than density and sidewalks. You have to create conditions where small stores can survive.
READ MORE 7 COMMENTSThe team tours the glam cities. on a road trip that may prove a thing or two
Posted Fri, Jul 3, 3 p.m.
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Posted Fri, Jul 3, 6 a.m.
Even in hard times, there are signs that livable Seattle can still make progress despite, or even because of, the challenges of the economy
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Posted Thu, Jul 2, 6 a.m.
The classic building, last one standing by an early architect, has been closed by the School District. That could create serious problems for a crime-torn neighborhood, unless a new use is found. Some residents are trying.
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Posted Thu, Jul 2, 6 a.m.
The Supreme Court ruling on the New Haven firefighters case, plus the Sotomayor hearings, bring back an issue that once divided liberals. Oddly, the President who started affirmative action was Nixon.
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Posted Wed, Jul 1, 6 a.m.
The battle for candidate endorsements reveals some ideological divides between local environmentalists, developers, and independent thinkers who wonder if all urban growth is good.
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Posted Wed, Jul 1, 6 a.m.
SeaPort flies small planes from Boeing Field to Portland, saving lots of time and security hassles. But a recession hasn't been the best time to get off the runway with a new approach.
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Posted Tue, Jun 30, 6 a.m.
Further adventures in the fight against malaria, as the Gates Foundations seeks to stomp it out permanently. Two dozen new grants limn an ominous foe pitted against vivid human imagination.
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Posted Tue, Jun 30, 6 a.m.
In a perverse way, our modern fascination with celebrities such as Michael Jackson provides an avenue for moral discourse
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Posted Mon, Jun 29, 10:15 a.m.
Lesson to the Colorado Rapids: getting Freddie Ljungberg mad is not a great strategy
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Posted Mon, Jun 29, 6 a.m.
Estimates put the sale price at $30-40 million, about a $200 million loss from the 1998 purchase price. And the Seattle company apparently has to carry unfunded pension liabilities as part of the deal.
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Posted Sun, Jun 28, noon
It's National Grudge Week, and naturally Seattle is crowded with fun events.
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Posted Sat, Jun 27, 4:26 p.m.
The exciting new theater company mounts its second show at ACT, bringing Craig Wright's play about adultery, Orange Flower Water, to a fierce emotional pitch.
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Posted Sat, Jun 27, 8:30 a.m.
The orchestra commissions and debuts a powerful new symphony by Aaron Jay Kernis, a summa of this major composer's work to date
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Posted Fri, Jun 26, 6 a.m.
Jim McDermott's Congressional earmark for historic renovations is hardly an outrage compared with the way taxpayers are asked to help the rich everyday. Particularly in the Northwest, we take federal largesse for granted.
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Posted Fri, Jun 26, 6 a.m.
The King County Executive race is highly competitive, but the candidates keep talking about issues where the county has little influence. Here's a plea to address the topics where the county matters, such as law enforcement.
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Posted Thu, Jun 25, 6 a.m.
Fremont is a classic in-between neighborhood in Seattle, full of houses that reflect individual builders slowly adding homes of character over the past century. You just have to wander away from the main streets to find them.
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Posted Thu, Jun 25, 6 a.m.
Just as Obama's health care and energy reform bills take shape, voters and Congress are newly sensitized over costs, thanks to the way the new President mishandled his stimulus package.
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Posted Wed, Jun 24, 4 a.m.
Maritime advocates are looking to have Congress declare most of Washington's coastline, including Puget Sound, a National Heritage Area. It could be a boon for tourism, preservation, and the marine industry itself.
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Posted Wed, Jun 24, 4 a.m.
It's time to put some teeth into one of education's over-used buzzwords. What's need are proper testing and real consequences for failure.
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Posted Tue, Jun 23, 6 a.m.
Cooper Elementary, a West Seattle school rich in history, shifted its mission last week, with scant mention of Frank Cooper, one of the most influential figures in Seattle history. Here's his story.
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Posted Tue, Jun 23, 6 a.m.
In British Columbia and Washington, 2009 is going to be a tough year for the tourist business. Here's what some experts are doing to get through the recession.
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Posted Mon, Jun 22, 6 a.m.
Is the civic grass greener on the other side of the border? Two urban experts each make the case for the others' home town.
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