Politics
Picturing 10 urban qualities central to every city
Water features, wooden storefronts, drinking buddies are among the urban "bookmarks" that represent modern expressions of traditional city life.
Chuck Wolfe
Chuck Wolfe provides a unique perspective about cities as a London-based urbanist writer, photographer, land use consultant and former Seattle land use and environmental attorney. He is currently a Vi
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Politics
Chuck's World: Five rules for understanding people and place
Studying the different ways we relate to the landscape around us can inform the way we think and talk about building livable places -- and lives.
Seattle & King County
A tale of two crosswalks
Street crossings in Seattle and Barcelona highlight dramatic differences in the way we experience public rights of way
Tech
Cities ought to embrace street life, including sandwich boards
If signs on the sidewalk help businesses and don't create any danger, what is the need for the city to worry?
Tech
Writing code for more sustainable neighborhoods
A roundtable of interested parties has proposed a series of code changes to make urban density happen faster and with less hassle in Seattle. Here's the backstory of the evolving package, by one of its architects.