Best of 2015: Why the city's new buildings often look the same The generic design of many "5 over 1" buildings presents blank walls at street level and seem divorced from their surroundings - like this one on Queen Anne near Thomas. by Mark Hinshaw / December 20, 2015
Culture Pioneer Square's takeoff: Be there or be left out Smith Tower by Mark Hinshaw / December 16, 2012
Politics How Seattle could rein in development abuses Row houses on a street in Brooklyn by Mark Hinshaw / February 5, 2013
Politics Seattle's Stramp: a swirling confection could finally link the Market and the waterfront Rendering of new Market development by Mark Hinshaw / February 24, 2013
Culture America's foolish detour into shopping malls Country Club Plaza in Kansas City: a neglected prototype. by Mark Hinshaw / April 8, 2012
Culture Seattle Weekender: Travel by eating, the poetry apocalypse, and a Japanese culture convention Khadija Moga in front of her restaurant, Karama by Alison Sargent / April 5, 2012
Politics Messing with a park designed by a landscape master Dramatic night lighting at Counterbalance Park by Mark Hinshaw / April 3, 2012
A vexing debate over saving Harborview Hall Harborview Hall at Harborview Hospital by Mark Hinshaw / March 29, 2012
Seattle Weekender: Northwest poetry and beer, the Americanization of India, and an old German man paints Godfrey Daniels performs at the Moisture Festival by Alison Sargent / March 22, 2012
Politics Best of 2011: Sick suburbs, expiring exurbs Suburban tract housing outside Cincinnati, near Union, Kentucky by Mark Hinshaw / December 26, 2011