Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Tue, Nov 3, 5:27 p.m.
The election will bring change, but the entrenched factors suggest only a few nudges. Here's an agenda for substantive change in our tax system, our spending priorities, our stalemated politics, and the post-Boeing economy.
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Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.
I have no answer yet about how to vote in the Seattle mayor's race. Like a lot of people, I'm still working it out.
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Posted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.
One reason not to vote early in Seattle: From here to election day is an eternity, especially with two mayoral candidates like Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn.
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Posted Tue, Oct 20, 6 a.m.
A new study shows Seattle-area tunnel projects are very likely to break the budget. But the nature of most mega-projects also suggests the Viaduct surface option wouldn't be exempt from cost problems either.
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Posted Sun, Oct 18, noon
Seattle's iconic Pioneer Square bookstore might move. It could also close. Tough times bring tough choices for the bookseller, and the neighborhood it has helped to revive.
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Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.
The patron saint of livable, walkable cities is being invoked on both sides of the debate over Seattle's Viaduct solution. Would Jacobs be a tunnel supporter, or a surface option fan?
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Posted Fri, Sep 25, 6 a.m.
An engaging candidate for mayor, McGinn is also a conviction politician. What does that mean for folks who are not on the moral high road with him?
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Posted Tue, Sep 22, 6 a.m.
A Vulcan spokesperson pleads: no more ill-informed pieces on South Lake Union by John Fox.
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Posted Mon, Sep 21, 6 a.m.
The director of Seattle's Department of Transportation makes the case for moving ahead on the Mercer Mess, and how the western portion got redesigned and will be funded.
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Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Let's get down to some serious issues, rather than side shows about racism, public options, trade wars with China, Hutchison's past political leanings, and cynical appeals to quickie light rail lines.
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Posted Thu, Sep 10, 10:03 p.m.
The first face-off of Seattle's mayoral candidates offered contrasts, but no aha! moments.
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Posted Thu, Aug 6, 6 a.m.
Key is the economic context, argues a member of the Viaduct stakeholders' committee. Boring an inshore tunnel keeps the Viaduct in place during construction, avoiding years of traffic congestion.
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Posted Mon, Jul 27, 6 a.m.
A City Council candidate makes his case against the deep-bored tunnel solution to the central waterfront, calling it far from a done deal
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Posted Thu, Jun 18, 6 a.m.
A 'trade mission' by the Port of Seattle makes the case for the deep bore tunnel, which avoids cutting off Eastern Washington trade from the port for years
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Posted Tue, Jun 9, 6 a.m.
New York has just opened a park atop an abandoned railroad trestle, showing the possibilities of parks that rise above it all and reuse urban history. Here are some ways Seattle could follow suit.
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Posted Fri, May 1, 2:35 p.m.
Turning Seattle's waterfront into a bourgeoisie theme park is the worst thing you can do for a port city's economy
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Posted Thu, Apr 30, 11:15 a.m.
Cary Bozeman may have insulted Seattle's leadership, vision, and downtown icons with his blunt critique of the city, but he's mostly right.
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Posted Fri, Apr 24, 6 a.m.
Seattle used to create civic visionaries who reshaped the urban landscape. Now our civic visionaries have poor math skills.
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Posted Wed, Apr 1, 6 a.m.
With state transportation agencies too strapped to fix bridges and roads, and union pension funds looking for investments, the P3 idea is spreading. Maybe even to a wary West Coast?
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Posted Wed, Mar 11, 6 a.m.
Momentum is building for Peter Steinbrueck to challenge Seattle mayor Greg Nickels, but the former city council member is going to decide his way.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
The City Council tries an irregular maneuver on the Mercer West project, leaving opponents (and the new mayor) little chance to weigh in.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 26, 4:07 p.m.
Pro- and anti-tunnel advocates each showcase their disaster scenarios.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 20, 11:17 a.m.
One reason not to vote early in Seattle: From here to election day is an eternity, especially with two mayoral candidates like Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn.
MOREPosted Mon, Oct 19, 3 p.m.
WIth a new Sightline report predicting cost overruns on plans to replace the Viaduct, it's a good time to revisit the Times columnist's perceptive framing of the debate.
MOREPosted Wed, Jun 17, 7:04 a.m.
Voters seem opposed to the expensive tunnel solution, giving candidate Mike McGinn an advantage. But do they want to reopen the fight?
MOREPosted Tue, May 26, 10:10 p.m.
Nickels won the battle for the opening story-line (Ms. Me-Too), as the challenger finds her real appeal is a difficult horn to toot
MOREPosted Fri, May 8, 3:24 p.m.
Before we develop a case of peninsula envy, we might give Bremerton credit where credit's due. That would be Norm Dicks.
MOREPosted Thu, Mar 26, 9:14 p.m.
The Speaker seems to be moving from his opposition to the Viaduct tunnel plan. Here's the three-cushion shot that probably lies beneath that very hedged statement.
MOREPosted Mon, Jan 12, 4:22 p.m.
The bored tunnel idea, long a long shot, helps the politicians find common ground. Now, can they find enough funding for it?
MOREPosted Tue, Dec 30, 6 a.m. 2008
In economic hard times many states are re-looking at privatization and "pawning the family silver" to raise cash.
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