Stories for Aug. 17, 2007

Denser than thou

Fri, Aug 17, 5 a.m.

By David Brewster

A cool new website called WalkScore gives you an instant score for the walkability in your neighborhood. Walkability, in turn, has become a far more huggable notion than density to make the case for healthier, more compact communities.

The $29.6 million semi-secret on the shores of Seattle's Lake Union

Fri, Aug 17, 5 a.m.

By O. Casey Corr

Though it's hard to see and get to, for now, a pretty nice new park is taking shape in south Lake Union, mercifully spared in the wars over city investment in that neighborhood.

Another foreign policy fiasco?

Fri, Aug 17, 5 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The United States appears close to bungling its chance to participate meaningfully in the upcoming Shanghai world's fair, but a group with Northwest ties uses YouTube to try and avert international embarrassment.