Posted Mon, Nov 28, 9:15 p.m.

It is a bit Stalinist, without the usual flair and detailed ornamentation of some of late 1960's Brezhnev era examples.

Posted Wed, Aug 24, 9:41 a.m.

Roger, Our zoning code may be thick, but its not bad when compared to others. It is clear, has few gray areas, and is generally fairly applied. Compared with other cities in western Washington, its one of the easiest codes to work with. Try Bellingham: Each of the 26 neighborhoods ...

Posted Thu, Jan 20, 7:39 a.m.

Excellent Journalism! Nicely Written.

Posted Mon, Dec 20, 7:57 a.m.

Has the group proposing the gate shown any evidence that the first gate has had any positive effects on the neighborhood? The new projects that really bring people to the ID have been Wing Luke, Uwajimaya, Kobo, the rehab of the American Hotel into a hostel and the improvement of ...

Posted Wed, Jun 23, 12:36 p.m.

I find it fascinating to watch the unfolding evolution of our infrastructure. Urban design and development at any point in time is strongly impacted by the then primary mode of transportation. What we take for granted now wasn't the case years ago and will change again in the future, and ...

Posted Fri, Feb 15, 1:08 p.m.

Confusion between Cost/Geography and Regulation: I confess I have not yet read the entire draft paper on which the times article was based. But my initial reaction is that the author has used regulation as a proxy for cost/infrastructure. #1, King County doesn't have topography that supports building subdivisions to ...

Posted Tue, Oct 16, 2:10 p.m.

Some Perspective on Mt Biking: As one elder liberal Seattle politician once commented to me: "we don't need to worry about the right wing opposing our plans, we'll just do it ourselves….." A couple things about mt biking might add to this debate. Much of backcountry mt biking involves driving ...