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PetersonNY's comments
Posted Thu, Dec 22, 4:54 p.m.
Yammer, yammer, yammer. "Seattle process" in action. Or inaction. This is how the downward spiral starts. Why not let someone like Comer who has actually produced good work do his thing. Why listen to the endless grey Seattle chorus of negativity?
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 29, 1:19 p.m.
Here it comes: more "Seattle process." Let's talk it to death.
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 13, 2:52 a.m.
Brooks wrote Clark that "we are concerned about the affect of significantly increased height limits on Pioneer Square's historic character and the long-term viability of the neighborhood as a National Register District." Ouch. Did she really say "affect"?
MOREPosted Sun, Nov 28, 4:15 p.m.
Like Seneca, I can't recall when I first heard "Black Friday" used to describe the day after Thanksgiving. It makes me queasy. Surely it's not a holiday for ordinary people -- people whose lives are not defined by their roles as consumers. It may be an important day for business ...
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 4, 6:17 p.m.
Seattle. America's biggest small town.
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 22, 4:51 p.m.
Why not look at a great success? I'm referring to the Hudson River Park in Manhattan, which replaced a decayed above-grade viaduct. The initial plan was an expensive below-grade motorway. That was finally defeated because it would harm fish habitat. So what do we have now? A modernized surface road ...
MOREPosted Mon, Mar 22, 10:29 a.m.
Several years ago I sent my two kids to a well-known summer camp in the San Juans. One of the questions on the background information form was "Does your child have issues?" Post your pithy rejoinder below:
MOREPosted Sat, Oct 3, 12:25 p.m.
I have no idea what Jane Jacobs would think, though I suspect she'd be for the lower scale, more nuanced approach rather than the mega-highway tunnel. It's interesting though to look at what has happened to the waterfront in her old neighborhood, Greenwich Village. In its heyday it was a ...
MOREPosted Sun, Aug 2, 2:47 a.m.
Parhaps Seattle should look at how other big cities have handled the problem of aging waterfront traffic viaducts. A good place to start would be the former West Side Highway in New York. The initial proposal to replace this viaduct was a buried highway -- like the Seattle tunnel -- ...
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