Stories for Jan. 14, 2009

Can the suburbs be recycled?

Wed, Jan 14, 1:07 p.m.

By Knute Berger

New thinking about what to do with old sprawl in the 21st century.

Hammering Hoover, re-inventing Roosevelt

Wed, Jan 14, 6 a.m.

By T.M. Sell

In comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, the attacks on poor old Herbert Hoover's legacy have begun again. That's a faulty revision of history, and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team would do well to know why.

A process that needs to progress: decision-making in Seattle

Wed, Jan 14, 6 a.m.

By Kent Kammerer

As Seattleites react to the announcement that public officials agree on a bored tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, it's time to assess the process that makes a decision like this one drag on for eight years.