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Seattle neighborhoods fight needed land use reform, density

Mon, May 21, 12:01 a.m.

By Roger Valdez

Once the neighborhoods organized as a force for change, pushing City Hall for improvements. Now, they are the ultimate roadblock to remaking the city in healthier ways.

Rainier Valley programs build food justice one garden at a time

Sun, May 20, 10:50 a.m.

By Martha Baskin

Green Acre Radio: The Just Garden Project is part of a network of efforts to improve food choices for people often forced to accept less-healthy ways of feeding themselves and their families.

Seattle's narrowing inequality and surprisingly poor Asian and African Americans

Wed, May 16, midnight

By Eric Scigliano

A new report on the city's economy turns up some good news, and some shocks and mysteries.

El Asadero: The grandfather of Seattle food trucks

Tue, May 15, midnight

By Hugo Kugiya

Long before food trucks were cool, there was El Asadero, the Othello-based taco-slinging school bus.

Why Seattle needs a new urban environmentalism

Fri, May 11, midnight

By Don Fels and Patricia Tusa Fels

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.

A wall comes down in Madison Park

Wed, May 9, 12:05 a.m.

By Knute Berger

After a long saga, has Madison Park's discomfort with interlopers lessened?

Midday Scan: Boeing's make-up gift to Everett

Tue, Apr 24, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Boeing eyes ways to expand production in Everett. Meanwhile, Alaska and its oil companies are looking more and more like some bizarre Downton Abbey metaphor and Washington's public schools are faced with shrinking budgets.

The Mossback Manifesto on urban density

Tue, Apr 24, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

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.

A desire named streetcar

Mon, Apr 23, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Is public transit all about getting there quickly and conveniently, or about having fun and looking cool? The new First Hill Streetcar line will give us one, but we could have had both.

Just say no to media fear mongering, Capitol Hill

Wed, Apr 18, 2 a.m.

By Roger Valdez

New plans to redevelop a half block of E Pine and Melrose on Capitol Hill have the community all riled up.

Ditch the car and flash your Undriver's License

Thu, Apr 12, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

A Seattle artist transforms the challenge of driving less into the joy of Undriving - and gives undrivers something to show for it.

Transit and parking: What sort of future do we want?

Tue, Apr 10, 2 a.m.

By Roger Valdez

If taxpayer money is used to build a parking structure to support transit, the state transportation head thinks anyone should be able to use it? But do we even want to build more parking around rail facilities?

Crosscut: a true Seattle neighborhood

Thu, Apr 5, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

If Seattle is a city of neighborhoods, Crosscut is a valuable tool of discovery, says one of Crosscut's ever-curious writers. Agree? Might be a good time to become an annual Member, and we have a new matching grant to double donations above $100.

The secret lives of Seattle's neighborhood shoppers

Mon, Apr 2, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Who uses Seattle's neighborhood main streets, how do they get there, what do they find, and what do they miss there? The city gets some hard answers, from Admiral, Othello, Columbia City, Ballard, and Fremont.

Are neighborhoods too privileged in Seattle land-use debates?

Thu, Mar 29, noon

By Roger Valdez

Historically, Seattle has deferred to the residents most directly affected by decisions such as development around rail stations. This is starting to change, enlarging the table for democratic debate.