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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.

Northgate Mall: battleground for transit and planning issues

Wed, Mar 28, 2 a.m.

By Jordan Royer

As a new round begins, over a Sound Transit parking garage, there are lessons to be learned from the successes at Northgate in recent years and from transit-oriented development along California's BART lines.

A dream deferred: Showdown nears over Seattle's long-delayed World School

Tue, Mar 27, noon

By Eric Scigliano

The Seattle district may soon revive its commitment to a central multilingual high school -- or send refugee students and their teachers bouncing across the city again.

Cities ought to embrace street life, including sandwich boards

Mon, Mar 26, 2 a.m.

By Chuck Wolfe

If signs on the sidewalk help businesses and don't create any danger, what is the need for the city to worry?

Why don't architects speak English?

Thu, Mar 22, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Grand plans for Seattle Center evoke hovering "Jelly Beans," "dematerialized urbanism," and "catalyzing atmospheres." That's just what Seattle needs: more gobbledygook.

Saving Seattle's glass house from stones

Wed, Mar 14, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

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.

Southeast Seattle's long, hot winter of violence

Tue, Mar 13, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Beset by a surge in robberies and homicides, police, politicians, and undaunted Rainier Valley residents walk the walkabout together, and talk a new talk of cooperation and community renewal.