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Frank Chopp, urban visionary?
Well, maybe not that. But his scheme for a park atop a Viaduct has an exciting counterpart in New York City that is proving a magnet for starchitects.
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As the city grows alarmed at gang shootings, the Police cite soothing statistics
Also, there's a new initiative and the SPD promises to work more closely with other departments. Please stop worrying.
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Seattle's school closure proposal is a really dumb way to make policy
It puts school closures ahead of much more important policy decisions, and it is a poor way to solve budget problems.
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Seattle's recycling program runs into plunging prices
When world prices for metals and paper were riding high, Seattle had a little gold mine shipping out its recyclables. Then the prices sank by as much as 75 percent. Gold mine became a black hole.