Politics
The legal issues in 'backyard cottages'
The state directs such small accessory units, to increase housing in cities. But cities get to regulate the local conditions. The fight in Seattle is joined in a few weeks.
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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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.
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.
Politics
Learning from Detroit, the City of Ruin
A city that defines urban decline was once like Seattle, built on a dominant transportation industry. Can it become a laboratory for urban reinvention?
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.