Explainer

What Happened to Pier 58?

Charting the collapse and rebuild of a well-trodden waterfront walkway.

11/04/2020 By Annette Maxon

One-Sentence Stories

Sweet Sun, Global Ichiro Fandom, and Busmageddon

Your weekly dose of city news in short.

03/22/2019 By Haley Gray

Road Requiem

Viaduct Celebrations Make Way for New SR 99 Tunnel

Seattle pays homage to the Alaskan Way Viaduct and welcomes its replacement.

02/01/2019 By Gwen Hughes

Mayor's Race 2017

Cary Moon Is Running for Mayor

Moon is the civic activist most well-known for leading the fight against the SR 99 tunneling project.

04/19/2017 By Hayat Norimine

Morning Fizz

Moving In and Moving Out at City Hall

Gardheere in at city, Kiker out at Bike Club, Sage out of Murray coalition, renters in at lower costs, and neighbors out of Local Improvement District?

11/23/2016 By Josh Feit

Pedestrian Chronicles

City Waterfront Plan Criticized for Unfriendly Pedestrian Design

Arguing that the current waterfront plan provides inadequate pedestrian access, three local associations file appeals questioning city's Alaskan Way project.

11/22/2016 By Cassandra Calderon

Morning Fizz

Developer Pronounces Pod Apartments Dead

Council regulations have killed pod apartments, urban planner wants to kill I-123, and Murray faces Seattle Times hysteria for killing district councils.

07/22/2016 By Josh Feit

Explainer

The Waterfront Returns from Seawall Sequester

The downtown piers reopen for business as the city’s actually successful project nears its end.

07/01/2015 By Allison Williams

Shifts & Shakeups

The Week in Restaurant News: Lingering and Leaving

Capitol Hill welcomes sushi restaurant Gokan, the former Brasa space gets a long-awaited occupant, and Elysian's Dick Cantwell resigns.

04/17/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

On Other Blogs Today

On Other Blogs Today: War, Public Safety, and Tax Breaks

Our daily roundup.

09/12/2014 By Casey Jaywork and Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Jack Straw Presents

Today's picks for civic nerds

08/07/2014 By Kristen Farnam

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Stuff the Bus

Today's picks for civic nerds

08/06/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Pruning Angels

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/30/2014 By Ezra Parter

Urbanism

Pedestrian Chronicles: Seattle's Picturesque Matrix!

The rendered life.

04/30/2014 By Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: The Waterfront of the Future

Today's picks for civic nerds.

04/29/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: American Environmentalism

Today's picks for civic nerds.

04/28/2014 By Ezra Parter

PUBLICALENDAR

PubliCalendar: Discuss the Wage Gap, Fix up Greenways, and Help Feed Homeless Youth by Watching Top Chef

Today's picks for civic nerds

04/17/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Waterfront, Unions, and Car Sharing

Today's picks for civic nerds.

03/05/2014 By Genie Leslie

Transportation

The Waterfront Gondola is Really Happening (Probably)

The guy who built the Great Wheel is serious: He's putting a skyway through Union Street.

03/04/2014 By Allison Williams

The City Moves

The Waterfront Gondola is Really Happening (Probably)

The guy who built the Great Wheel is serious: He's putting a skyway through Union Street.

03/04/2014 By Allison Williams