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Why I Call Myself an Urbanist
I was recently invited to to participate in a panel discussion pitting urbanism against NIMBYism (Not In My BackYard-ism). Asked to represent the “urbanist” perspective, this got me thinking about it meant to be an urbanist, how urbanism is defined, and if … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Housing, Land Use, Public Space, Resources, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged cities, definition, development, environmentalism, growth, life, living, McGinn, places, renassiance, The Northwest Urbanist, urbanism, urbanist, walkability
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CascadiaCast Episode 1: Ben Schiendelman
I’m excited to announce the start of a new podcast series for fellow urbanists in the Pacific Northwest, titled CascadiaCast. I’ll be sitting down with fellow planners, activists, government officials, and other interesting people to discuss the issues that matter … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged affordability, Ben Schiendelman, CascadiaCast, climate change, development, funding, housing, Planning, politics, Seattle, Seattle Subway, Seattle Transit Blog, sound transit, sprawl, state, The Northwest Urbanist Podcast, The Urbanist, transit, vote, Washington
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Seattle Hopes to Restart Neighborhood Relations
The Mayor’s Office hosted a “Neighborhood Summit” at the Seattle Center on Saturday for the purpose of connecting city government with citizens. In addition to over 20 city departments and offices, 600 people of all ages and walks of life … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Energy, Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Land Use, Public Space, Resources, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged City Council, conflict, controversey, Department, development, districts, Ed Murray, elections, event, growth, mayor, Neighborhood Summit, neighborhoods, office, open house, Planning, politics, Seattle, Seattle Center, transportation, voting, waterfront
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Parking-Free Development Making Appearances
In the postwar decades of the 20th century American cities stood by their carefully calculated minimum parking requirements, resulting in underutilized land and encouragement of car travel. Planners outside of the largest cities have started to reverse this trend by … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Land Use, Parking, Transportation
Tagged asphalt, concrete, development, garages, land use, off-street, on-street, parking, parking-free, Seattle, suburbs, urban, zoning
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