Politics Housing levy: Is city doing enough? City Councilmember Kshama Sawant addresses a Capitol Hill meeting about the proposed 2016 Seattle Housing Levy. by Matt Spaw / February 23, 2016
Culture The new Seattle, where everything looks 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 / April 19, 2015
Culture A welcome break from Seattle's architectural horror show Glass at the main entrance of the new Weyerhaeuser headquarters reflects trees in the adjacent Occidental Square Park. by Mark Hinshaw / November 17, 2016
Environment No room for trees in Seattle's new parks Ellen Sollod's "Cloud Veil" at 12th Avenue Square Park. Credit: Seattle Parks & Recreation by Mark Hinshaw / April 26, 2016
A park over Interstate 5? Not a new idea Freeway Park over I-5 in Seattle by Mark Hinshaw / January 18, 2016
Politics Best of 2011: Sick suburbs, expiring exurbs Suburban tract housing outside Cincinnati, near Union, Kentucky by Mark Hinshaw / December 26, 2011
Culture Waterfront planning: keys for making it Seattle's plan The original grand scheme, with conceptual "folds" at the Ferry terminal and south. by Mark Hinshaw / November 22, 2011
Equity Time to stop snubbing the suburbs? The mixed-use Bravern development includes Microsoft office towers, linked courtyards, and high-end retail. by Mark Hinshaw / February 27, 2012
Tech Seattle is killing retail by requiring too much of it Looking east on Yesler in Pioneer Square by Mark Hinshaw / September 18, 2011
Politics Architecture done with mirrors The mirrored effect on Seventh Ave. by Mark Hinshaw / July 11, 2011