stonebridge

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Urbanism needs to move beyond city boundaries

Posted Mon, Sep 5, 8:50 a.m.

To David Sucher’s skeptical view of forming a regional governance structure- it’s more than just a “nice idea,” it’s clearly necessary if we are, as one networked urban area ever going to tackle the big urban growth problems. The Puget Sound Regional Council, though not a bona fide governance structure, ...

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Why does Seattle have so many bleak public spaces?

Posted Wed, May 18, 6:08 p.m.

Seattle has a long and nefarious history of attempting to deter so-called socially inappropriate activity through park bench removal, tree-clearing, paving over beautiful landscape, and even wholesale destructive redesign of public spaces. This intentional effort has mostly succeeded in producing dismal, inhumane spaces for some of our civil shortcomings and ...

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The Great Vancouver vs. Seattle Debate

Posted Mon, Jun 22, 7:54 p.m.

Matt, with all due respect, Vancouver DOES apply consistently a stringent form of inclusionary zoning-- they just don't call it that. That's why over 22,000 units of family friendly affordable housing has been built in the urban core over the last decade. It didn't happen by accident! In virtually every ...

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