Do the density, but spare the hi-rises
For many cities, hi-rises would be a terrible travesty for their beauty and liveability. Besides midrises, as in Seattle, can provide all the density one needs.
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For many cities, hi-rises would be a terrible travesty for their beauty and liveability. Besides midrises, as in Seattle, can provide all the density one needs.
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Sure, Seattleites score high when it comes to environmental awareness, but it's about time we took a good look at how we treat our city.
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The author of a new book on the Space Needle gives a talk to those who built Seattle's icon, and how he fell in love with the Needle as a Cub Scout watching the future rise on the horizon.
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How to think about preserving culture while the city swells. Some principles: Pay attention to NIMBYs, who are sometimes right. Not all density is good (or bad). And we can't have too much sense of place and history.
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In a move to appeal to younger travelers, a cadre of Seattle's more modern hotels are trading ornate chandeliers for more casual dining experiences.
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These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.
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Counterbalance Park, on lower Queen Anne, is the last work by architect Robert Murase. It deserves better than a clunky intrusion of sculpture meant to honor a donor.
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Winners and Losers: The Supreme Court's activists (the conservatives) strutted their stuff in questioning the Affordable Care Act, sending their supporters into victory lap mode. Back here, Rob McKenna is probably fine either way.
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The handsome old building is slated to be demolished to create a needed open plaza for the hospital complex. But must the choice between saving a building for unneeded medical purposes and having a small park? Here's a better way.
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Grand plans for Seattle Center evoke hovering "Jelly Beans," "dematerialized urbanism," and "catalyzing atmospheres." That's just what Seattle needs: more gobbledygook.
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSAlso, the ageless Jamie Moyer goes for a new record, and score one for the railheads who ask tough questions about transit costs.
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As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair, it's time to remember some of the crimes and blunders that went along with it. Some even launched new industries.
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One challenge to saving the historic Volunteer Park Conservatory is that it's tiny. Is its gem-size an asset, or does it have to grow to be self-sustaining and survive the budget cuts ahead? Citizens meet to brainstorm options.
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While the vision the 1962 World's Fair presented was naive and beyond utopian, the event nonetheless gave Seattle a foothold in the future and the right to dream big.
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Pioneer Square window shoppers can now peruse art, antiques, and the mushroom farm that has popped up in the storefront of architectural firm, Olson Kundig.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
The Seattlepi.com reports, "Seattle-based landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie and New York-based architects Davis Brody Bond have won a competition to redesign Union Square, on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C."