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Eric Scigliano | Crosscut | Feb 7th, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
Though digital billboards—and the advertisements that would shuffle across their LED screens every eight seconds—seem like all but an inevitability for the near future, a few counties in Washington state are pushing back. Why? Suburban cities don’t want ‘em. (
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John Stang | Crosscut | Jan 31st, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
Residents of Federal Way, a city in Washington state, voted in 2008 to extend a light rail system that would connect them to Seattle. But the regional transit authority reneged, causing locals to feel stiffed. Now, lawmakers want to determine just how well the regional transit authority serves its citizens. (
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Roger Valdez | Crosscut | Jan 27th, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
Plans to rezone one Seattle neighborhood have community leaders locked in a heated debated over 25 feet of building height. Roger Valdez of Crosscut unpacks four arguments that opponents of the density-friendly project have been hurling at developers, politicians and journalists alike. (
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Streetsblog | Jan 7th, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Seattle |
Located on a pair of peninsulas, the city of Seattle isn’t so easy to reach from its eastern suburbs. Only two bridges cross Lake Washington. Newly-installed tolls across one of the two, the SR-520 bridge, have the potential to seriously reshape travel patterns in the region.
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Feb 14th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Seattle |
Diagnosing road rage, keeping the middle class in urban schools and selling a city without selling out. (
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Aaron J. Barker | Feb 9th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York, Seattle |
During boom times, rezoning alone was perhaps enough to trigger new construction. But for municipalities serious about infill—particularly in subprime but transit-rich areas needing redevelopment—it’s turned out to be less effective.
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Next American City | Jan 24th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New Orleans, Seattle |
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Karl Magi | Jan 5th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
The first in a four-part series about a new generation of planners and architects that’s beginning to look at sustainable, human-centered solutions to the creeping suburbs. (
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Elizabeth Kerr | Nov 16th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: San Diego, Seattle |
We need a revolution in public art, but not one that cuts funding for good projects. (
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Next American City | Sep 15th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington, D.C. |
For the past month, Next American City has partnered with IBM to identify the nation’s smartest cities—and the ideas and individuals that make them so. See who’s leading so far, and submit a post for a chance to win a free subscription and be featured on our website. (
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Though digital billboards—and the advertisements that would shuffle across their LED screens every eight seconds—seem like all but an inevitability for the near future, a few counties in Washington state are pushing back. Why? Suburban cities don’t want ‘em. (keep reading…)
Residents of Federal Way, a city in Washington state, voted in 2008 to extend a light rail system that would connect them to Seattle. But the regional transit authority reneged, causing locals to feel stiffed. Now, lawmakers want to determine just how well the regional transit authority serves its citizens. (keep reading…)
Plans to rezone one Seattle neighborhood have community leaders locked in a heated debated over 25 feet of building height. Roger Valdez of Crosscut unpacks four arguments that opponents of the density-friendly project have been hurling at developers, politicians and journalists alike. (keep reading…)
Located on a pair of peninsulas, the city of Seattle isn’t so easy to reach from its eastern suburbs. Only two bridges cross Lake Washington. Newly-installed tolls across one of the two, the SR-520 bridge, have the potential to seriously reshape travel patterns in the region. (keep reading…)
Diagnosing road rage, keeping the middle class in urban schools and selling a city without selling out. (keep reading…)
During boom times, rezoning alone was perhaps enough to trigger new construction. But for municipalities serious about infill—particularly in subprime but transit-rich areas needing redevelopment—it’s turned out to be less effective. (keep reading…)
Today’s best reads. (keep reading…)
The first in a four-part series about a new generation of planners and architects that’s beginning to look at sustainable, human-centered solutions to the creeping suburbs. (keep reading…)
We need a revolution in public art, but not one that cuts funding for good projects. (keep reading…)
For the past month, Next American City has partnered with IBM to identify the nation’s smartest cities—and the ideas and individuals that make them so. See who’s leading so far, and submit a post for a chance to win a free subscription and be featured on our website. (keep reading…)
