$85,000 and the Sad Town House Lady
A great post at The Stranger’s Slog has been making the rounds on Facebook and social media. The post, To the Sad Owner of a Capitol Hill Town House, by Dan Savage challenges one of the most maudlin displays at a hearing about low-rise legislation a few weeks ago. You’ll remember I mentioned the emotional […]
Neighborhood Activists Gather this Weekend
Neighbors gathering together to ponder the future of the city should be a good thing. After all, some of the greatest leaps in welcoming growth happened in the 1990s through neighborhood planning. This weekend neighbors will gather on Saturday, June 27 from 9 am to 12:30 pm for something called The Phoenix Project: Reviving Seattle’s […]
Smart Growth Seattle on the Radio: Neighborhoods, Linkage, and Zoning
I was on the radio on Friday talking with Dave Ross. The story that was posted later captured what I said: “I’m not advocating for no regulation,” Valdez said. “Health and safety, we should keep that stuff.” “But if you can get a loan from the bank to build an 80- or 100-story tower for […]
