For Seattle waterfront's future, look to Brooklyn, New York City Can Seattle’s redesigned waterfront help revive its downtown? For an answer, we look to another place that has a lot in common with Seattle: Brooklyn, New York City.
A flare-up of vacant building fires in Seattle — some deadly Vacant building complaints are on the rise in Seattle. So are vacant building fires, like one that tore into a century-old brick building in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District the morning of July 20th.
Industry, entertainment, and offices but no housing: The contentious future of Seattle's Stadium District Industrial Lands – got some big new protections in Seattle this week. The new zoning rules add restrictions to some industrial areas, but allow new kinds of development in others. But lingering disagreements over the plan’s compromises aren’t going away. Especially around the sports stadiums in SODO.
Find your way to the waterfront When’s the last time you went down to the waterfront? Alaskan Way is busy with construction as the whole area goes through a redesign. But the project is getting closer to completion. We went down to check in on the progress with Angela Brady, Director of the City's Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects.
Skagit County program helps preserve dwindling farmland There’s pride in eating locally grown food. But land to grow that food is disappearing. Preservation efforts, like the Skagit County Farmland Legacy Program, works to protect farmlands.
El Centro de la Raza will preserve beloved Federal Way roller rink The community nonprofit El Centro de la Raza plans to redevelop the two-acre site of a roller skating rink in Federal Way. But this isn't the story of another community landmark going away.
With light rail as fuel, Seattle's Northgate is ready to grow This week, a lot of people tried light rail and got off at Northgate to look around. As they exited the station, many of them were greeted with a neighborhood undergoing massive change.
How community pressure helped rebuild Black-owned businesses in Seattle's Central District When Paul Allen’s development company, Vulcan, bought a strip mall and a grocery store in the Central District years ago –many residents had concerns. The community did not want to become like another neighborhood Vulcan redeveloped: South Lake Union. So the neighborhood pushed back.
What A 30,000-Person Survey Reveals About Day-To-Day Life In The Pandemic The responses reveal the impact on living standards in nine low- and middle-income countries — and may help governments find a way to help citizens most in need.