Seattle Breaks Ground on West Coast’s First Residential Highrise of ...
Oct 15, 2024 · As a new 45-story apartment tower goes up along Denny Way, Seattle is building apartments at a rapid pace – but a slump may be on the way. In mid-August, developer Holland Partner Group broke ground on Sloane, a 45-story apartment complex on the site of the former Elephant Car Wash near the Space Needle.
Updated Seattle Growth Plan Adds Five Neighborhood Anchors, …
Oct 17, 2024 · In its letter on the initial draft of zoning changes, the Seattle Planning Commission — appointed by the mayor and city council to weigh in on issues just like these — directly called out this issue. “The current housing market locks the most affordable homes, multifamily apartment buildings, into small areas of the city that are often along noisy and polluting major highway corridors or ...
Overlook Walk Finally Opens as the New Seattle Waterfront’s …
Oct 4, 2024 · This Friday afternoon, the City of Seattle will officially cut the ribbon on the long-anticipated centerpiece project of the $806 million waterfront revamp — a pedestrian overpass, park space, and gathering venue connecting Pike Place Market with the …
How Copenhagen is Leading the World in Sustainability
Feb 23, 2024 · Copenhagen is especially remarkable for its commitment to clean air through ‘Project Air View,’ a unique partnership between Google, university researchers, and the local government.From 2018-2019, a Google Street View car, equipped with air quality measurement technology developed by researchers at Utrecht University, rolled through the streets of Copenhagen to collect information on ...
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4 days ago · By the time the Seattle City Council convenes for the first meeting of the Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan on January 6, a group of residents from every single council district will have been pushing to scale back proposed zoning changes in their midst, all using similar arguments around lack of infrastructure and loss of neighborhood character.
Everything to Know About Sound Transit’s 2 Line ... - The Urbanist
Apr 26, 2024 · Downtown Bellevue. Downtown Bellevue is the magnum opus of the 2 Line extension with new office towers, tons of retails, and 13,000 homes that have either gone in recently or slated to arrive soon, as we laid out in our development roundup.The station itself is also impressive with the skyline looming over an open-air recessed station with tons of light funneling though the glass roof.
Op-Ed: Seattle Council Should Double Rental Assistance, Not Slash It
Oct 21, 2024 · To prevent homelessness and improve housing stability, don’t cut funding for tenant services and rental assistance – double it. Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposed 2025-2026 budget would slash funding for tenant services and rental assistance in half, putting thousands of Seattle renters at risk of instability, displacement, eviction, and homelessness.
Roger Millar’s Departure Leaves Big Shoes to Fill at WSDOT
Nov 26, 2024 · Another major internal change Millar has overseen has been the creation of a department of Multimodal Development and Delivery. “What we did is, we took the divisions and the modes and we put them together so the people who are doing planning and design and construction and operations and maintenance and safety are in the same room with the people who are doing active transportation and ...
Harrell Officials Downplay Impact of Permitting Staff Cuts
Oct 8, 2024 · Planned layoffs at the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) would make the department one of the hardest hit by the staff reductions included in Mayor Bruce Harrell’s 2025-2026 budget proposal.SDCI is responsible for enforcing Seattle’s labyrinthine land use code, renter protections, and new tree protections, but the lion’s share of …
Lynnwood Link Brings Huge Ridership Boost to Community …
Oct 7, 2024 · The Swift Orange Line, the agency’s newest Swift route that launched this past March, saw the most significant ridership gains in the two weeks following the service change, with 36% more riders compared to August.The Orange Line includes a stop at Lynnwood City Center Station, providing east-west service that connects riders with Edmonds College, Alderwood Mall, Mill Creek, and McCollum ...