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Walking the light rail line
Some impressions on transit, development, and change in Seattle's Rainier Valley, Mossback's youthful stomping ground.
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Preserving a city's sacred sites
The loss of an historic church in Tacoma and the saving of several in Seattle offer lessons about the particular problems, and opportunities, of saving urban religious sanctuaries.
Politics
Can we save the old Horace Mann School?
The classic building, last one standing by an early architect, has been closed by the School District. That could create serious problems for a crime-torn neighborhood, unless a new use is found. Some residents are trying.
Environment
Strains in the green-growth coalition
The battle for candidate endorsements reveals some ideological divides between local environmentalists, developers, and independent thinkers who wonder if all urban growth is good.
Culture
Signs of livability in Seattle and that other place
More thoughts from the Seattle and Vancouver urban debaters on what makes their cities livable, or not.