Tech
Sustainability and authenticity, personified
Seattle developer and entrepreneur Mark Shuster's "Lofty Pursuits" is a must-read on sustainable design, for true believers and skeptics alike.
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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Seattle & King County
Historic photos with modern echoes
In an era when we are rediscovering the values of urban life, the old is new again.
Culture
Can you walk from wok to wok on Capitol Hill?
In a city where Asian cuisines mixes with the all-American hamburger, walking from dining spot to dining spot can be part of urbanism.
Politics
Crime prevention through urban design
Seattle's debate over how to create safer streets should include talk of crime-fighting tools like strategic lighting, low bushes and picket fences.
Politics
From 1911, the Bogue Plan speaks
The nearly 100-year-old "city beautiful" plan for the city, never adopted, still holds a worthy reminder.