Sunday Video: How Does Houston Plan Without Zoning?
https://youtu.be/TaU1UH_3B5k
There is a big misnomer that Houston doesn’t have zoning and somehow must be a free market dream for land use. But that perception...
Sunday Video: Skid Row, Explained
https://youtu.be/rKo8Sv99MkM
Los Angeles’ Skid Row was not an inevitability, it was a policy. Johnny Harris explains how this district of tragic poverty came to be....
Mount Baker Lowe’s Should Host Affordable Housing, Not an Amazon Warehouse
News that Amazon was planning a large distribution center in Mount Baker caught fire last week, and many people were rightfully outraged. This important...
Midweek Video: Why Is South Africa Still So Segregated?
https://youtu.be/NVH7JewfgJg
The terrible legacy of colonialism and apartheid have left deep marks in South Africa that are still visible today. Vox explores the history of...
Sunday Video: Why Did Railroad Companies Mass Produce Cities?
https://youtu.be/9viTTRd8iP8
Dave Amos documents the history of railway towns in America in this video. Railway companies in the 1800s expanded quickly to the West, platting...
Amazon’s Warehouse Plans Have No Place in Mount Baker and Should Be Halted
Amazon is planning a distribution center at a coveted site in Mount Baker, Brian Miller of the Daily Journal of Commerce reported Tuesday. Despite...
Ideas in Open Streets: Make Them Permanent, Seattle
Councilmember Strauss looks towards long-term café streets.
Councilmember Dan Strauss is enjoying Seattle’s outdoor dining cafe streets, even outside of his own district. “I love...
Why We Need an Affordable Talaris
Many areas in the North End of Seattle historically kept out communities of color. It contained a patchwork of racial covenants, and banks furthered...