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 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 Mon, Sep 21, 6 a.m.
Backyard cottage housing is a benefit, not a threat, to single family neighborhoods, and in keeping with the values that shaped Seattle. Let's have more.
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Posted Sun, Sep 20, 5:36 p.m.
An expert on cities distills the Portland DNA. Most of all, it's a city that is comfortable with being an urban place.
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Posted Tue, Sep 15, 6 a.m.
The Future Shack awards suggest some design principles that could help us shape the city and region for the better.
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Posted Wed, Sep 9, 9:24 p.m.
An art exhibit in Port Angeles displays creative responses to the Cascadia dream.
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Posted Fri, Aug 14, 6 a.m.
His compassionate proposal passed a House committee without Republican opposition. Then came the political whirlwind, with 'outright lying' that the respected Congressman calls the worst in his 37 years in public life.
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Posted Mon, Aug 10, 11:39 a.m.
Portland's remarkable choral group, Cappella Romana, performs an otherworldly concert of music by Arvo Pärt
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Posted Mon, Jul 20, 6 a.m.
Seattle has acquired light rail and a strongman mayor, but that doesn't put us in the big leagues. In fact, we were more mature a few decades ago. And Seattle's civic DNA is about not imitating other cities.
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Posted Tue, Jul 14, 6 a.m.
Two panels wrestle with the future of Washington's residential architecture, and especially the fabric of a growing Seattle. An overriding question: How much can good design solve the problems of density?
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Posted Wed, Jul 1, 6 a.m.
SeaPort flies small planes from Boeing Field to Portland, saving lots of time and security hassles. But a recession hasn't been the best time to get off the runway with a new approach.
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Posted Tue, Jun 16, 6 a.m.
The list grows longer once the public weighs in on local taboos.
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Posted Tue, May 26, 6 a.m.
So far, Portland and Seattle are still magnets to young, educated, restless people. But couch-surfing and microbrews will only last so long. Here's a look at the demographic realities in the two cities.
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Posted Thu, Apr 9, 6 a.m.
Can a Pacific Northwest utopia be shaped on the shared belief that nature is sacred? This latest installment in a series on regional identity looks at the patron saint of the environmental movement, John Muir, and how his thinking informs the desire for a new, greener, and elusive entity some call Cascadia.
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Posted Fri, Apr 3, 6 a.m.
We've followed the have-it-all mode for building the arts rapidly, with many gains and tradeoffs. What will it be like After Donnelly (A.D.)?
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Posted Thu, Mar 19, 6 a.m.
As the state celebrates its 150th birthday, an institution full of its historic documents goes on life-support.
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Posted Sat, Mar 14, 6 a.m.
A new poll suggests Western states report a better sense of well-being, but neither prosperity not recession seem to be making most Americans happier.
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Posted Fri, Mar 6, 6 a.m.
Get used to it: Dilapidated infrastructure now requires tolls. For I-5, tolling will probably start with the new Columbia River bridge.
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Posted Tue, Dec 30, 10:02 a.m.
A Portland architect concocts a Godzilladuct for the new bridge over the Columbia.
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Posted Wed, Dec 24, 6 a.m.
An international movement to change the ethic of growing cities seems right for the Northwest. But we'd have to check the boom-town impulses embedded both in our growth economy and our frontier DNA.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight
Our Zen gardener gets a nudge to visit the Portland Japanese Garden and finds five gardens in one.
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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 p.m.
Washington state's Vancouver is considering a slight but significant name change
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 30, 11:36 a.m.
It's official: Seattle is a powerful magnet for young people, tied with D.C. at the top
MOREPosted Thu, Jul 9, 1:52 p.m.
The city prizes its tolerance of gays, so those trying to recall Mayor Sam Adams will have to walk a fine line
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 23, 8:57 a.m.
And what it tells us about local design problems
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 29, 5 p.m.
A story about old growth on a young man. Portland claims to be the beardiest city in the Northwest, so how come the World Beard Champion is from Olympia?
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 20, 12:35 p.m.
With 200-plus species flapping around, it's birdwatcher paradise
MOREPosted Sat, Mar 14, 6 a.m.
That $88 million would buy a lot of beer, 'Blazer's tickets and police hours
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 6, 6 a.m.
Raban reviews the unsparing realism of Portland writer Jon Raymond, whose story inspires the film Wendy and Lucy
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