Culture Seattle's best new building of 2016 is a total dump Seattle Public Utility’s North Seattle Transfer Station. by Mark Hinshaw / December 27, 2016
Culture A welcome break from Seattle's architectural horror show Glass at the main entrance of the new Weyerhaeuser headquarters reflects trees in the adjacent Occidental Square Park. by Mark Hinshaw / November 17, 2016
Culture Amazon’s spheres are out of a dystopian nightmare They may not open until early 2018 but Amazon's Spheres are drawing attention while they are under construction (July). by Mark Hinshaw / August 23, 2016
Goodbye, art: Seattle is a tech town now Seattle Art Fair 2016 Credit: Courtesy of Seattle Art Fair by Mark Hinshaw / August 11, 2016
Environment No room for trees in Seattle's new parks Ellen Sollod's "Cloud Veil" at 12th Avenue Square Park. Credit: Seattle Parks & Recreation by Mark Hinshaw / April 26, 2016
A park over Interstate 5? Not a new idea Freeway Park over I-5 in Seattle by Mark Hinshaw / January 18, 2016
Best of 2015: Why the city's new buildings often look the same The generic design of many "5 over 1" buildings presents blank walls at street level and seem divorced from their surroundings - like this one on Queen Anne near Thomas. by Mark Hinshaw / December 20, 2015
Fed up with Seattle? Here are 9 other cities you'll love The dream of the '90s is alive in Tacoma. by Mark Hinshaw / September 10, 2015
In Austria's treatment of immigrants, a lesson for Seattle Police in Hamburg, Germany block an entrance to a building that activists wanted to make a center to welcome refugees in 2014. by Mark Hinshaw / July 26, 2015