Politics Trump's attack on environmental regs could cause havoc The coal-fired Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado, will shut down at the end of 2017 to fulfill the state’s Clean Air-Clean Job Act, which requires utilities to reduce emissions. Similar EPA... by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / February 9, 2017
Has Seattle finally figured out redevelopment? A public courtyard brings light to a redeveloped portion of the block. by Mark Hinshaw / April 24, 2017
Culture Pike Place Market gets a front porch for the future A construction worker adds donor-name hoof prints to the ground on MarketFront at Pike Place Market. by Mark Hinshaw / May 4, 2017
Culture A Chicana choreographer storms the barriers of stereotype “I am not tall, long, thin, blonde hair, blue eyes,” says Alicia Mullikin. And that's OK with her. by Laila Kazmi / April 24, 2018
Culture A Cuban childhood colors artist Juan Alonso-Rodríguez’s work How this artist rediscovered his roots and reinvented his art. by Laila Kazmi / March 9, 2018
Politics San Diego: how NOT to treat a central waterfront The original grand scheme, with conceptual "folds" at the Ferry terminal and south. by Mark Hinshaw / February 12, 2012
Politics Walking the talk about walkable urban places Walkable streets mean viable shops by Mark Hinshaw / September 18, 2012
Politics Vast billboards find a gaping loophole in Seattle laws A big vinyl billboard in downtown Seattle. by Mark Hinshaw / August 20, 2012
Politics On Target: a dramatic turnaround for a tawdry part of downtown The new City Target store in downtown Seattle by Mark Hinshaw / July 30, 2012
Four challenges to a great waterfront park The Portland Aerial Tram links Oregon Health and Science University with the city's South Waterfront. (Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett) by Mark Hinshaw / July 24, 2012