Residents Push for 2024 Opening of 130th St Link Station, Consider Zoning Changes

At a recent light rail station planning event for future Link stations at NE 130th Street NE and NE 145th Street, people crowded into...

Mountlake Terrace Readies Town Center for Light Rail with 12-Story Zoning

Mountlake Terrace adopted notable changes to its primary urban node, expanding its boundaries and increasing development capacity near its future Link station. The city...

An In-City Growth Cap Is Climate Arson

This summer saw two published pieces that are at the center of the struggle over housing in the United States--entrenched, well-off homeowners averse to...

A New Skyline for a New Seattle

“Beyond a certain critical mass each structure becomes a monument, or at least raises that expectation through its size alone, even if the sum...

U District Rises as Light Rail Approaches

The Northgate Link Extension will open in 2021, but the neighborhoods around the stations are already transforming. We're taking a closer look at the...
Roosevelt light rail station entrance with a 6-story apartment building in the background.

The Roosevelt Rush: Building Boom Anticipates Light Rail’s Arrival

The Roosevelt neighborhood has the makings of a huge transit-oriented development success story. A building boom is underway, protected bike lanes have recently gone...

City Contemplates Upzoning or Downzoning The Ave

There is probably not much that District 4 City Council candidates Shaun Scott and Alex Pedersen agree on, but one topic on which the...

Northgate Readies for Light Rail’s Arrival

Northgate Link will arrive in 2021, but the neighborhoods around the stations are already transforming. We're going to take a closer look at the...