Join The Urbanist for PARK(ing) Day in Downtown Seattle

PARK(ing) Day is nearly here! And, we're taking over some parking spaces to create a fun and interactive parklet. We plan to have board...

Urban Indians Part I: We’re Right Beside You

An enduring myth of modern indigeneity is the notion that we are locked into our homelands, venturing out only once in a while to...

Timeless or time-bound in the city?

Take away context clues, and cities become more interesting matrices--with blank cells to complete--where each of us personalizes how space meets time. A uniform...

The Glow II

At Letitia I put the lift out, saying goodbye to a couple I haven't seen in some years. He's a Vietnam vet with a summer...

Seattle Design Festival 2014: Design in Motion

Starting on Friday, Seattle will embark on a two-week festival to explore design. This year's theme is Design in Motion, and it promises to...

Sunday Video: East Union Neighborhood

https://vimeo.com/100755248 A short video of local folks from the East Union neighborhood of the Central District in Seattle.

4:15pm

At 4:15pm on August 30, 2010, an officer responded to the life’s work of one Native man in the worst of all possible ways. Since...

I Am Now Two Years Old

  Two years ago I posted the first of these stories, which now number in the hundreds and stem from seven years of bus driving. The...