It’s Time for Seattle’s Transit Oriented Development to Grow Up
If you make it north of the Canadian border, you will sometimes find yourself in a sea of 50-story towers adjacent to a train...
Improving Bellevue’s Grand Connection: Part 3 – Downtown Link Light Rail to I-405 Lid...
This article is the final in a three-part series that takes a close look at Bellevue's Grand Connection, a significant planning effort to make...
Sunday Video: Why Grocery Shopping Is Better in Amsterdam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYHTzqHIngk
Density is a strong driver for proximity and choice of grocery stores. In Amsterdam, they are especially ubiquitous and cater to people who bike.
Improving Bellevue’s Grand Connection: Part 2 – Downtown Park to Bellevue Transit Center
This article is the second in a series that takes a deep dive into Bellevue's Grand Connection, an ambitious project to improve the pedestrian...
ULI’s Fall 2021 Meeting Predicts the Future of Cities
(From a certain point of view)
The Urban Land Institute, the world's largest network of real estate and land use experts, held its fall meeting...
Midweek Video: The Surprising Way Small Towns Are Disappearing
https://youtu.be/8YVBBkBcdrg
Dave Amos discusses small towns in America and the surprising way many are disappearing.
Sunday Video: How America’s Hottest City Is Trying to Cool Down
https://youtu.be/ZQ6fSHr5TJg
Vox looks at Phoenix, a very hot city, to see the challenges it faces in cooling it down from extreme heat. The city wants...
As Developer Stalls, Affordable Talaris Offers Greener Vision
One year into master plan and environmental review, the real activity is among volunteers offering a new direction for the Talaris site in Northeast...








