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Unanimous Vote Moves City’s Density Plan Forward
The Seattle city council passed the Mandatory Housing Affordability plan out of committee on February 25
After almost five years, dozens of hearings, hundreds of public comments, multiple legal challenges, and enough environmental and legal analysis to fill a small apartment, the Seattle City Council is finally poised to pass the citywide Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) plan, which has been in the works, as part of the city’s Housing Affordability and…
A Bold New Waterfront Is Coming to Seattle Soon
After more than 65 years of being cut off from downtown Seattle, a new waterfront is set to unfurl, dramatically changing the city’s landscape
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue and is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. See PDF version of waterfront map here. Click here to subscribe. Seattle’s new downtown waterfront—a combination of projects so monumental in their collective scope that it’s hard to think of them as a single program—is finally coming into view. Squint just…
Seattle Waterfront Gets Artistic
Arts and culture are a significant focus of the vision for Seattle’s new waterfront, including permanent art installations by local and internationally renowned artists
This article is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. Shaun Peterson, a member of the Puyallup Tribe and a contemporary Coast Salish artist, is developing three bronze and red cedar figures that will overlook Puget Sound, reflecting the historic connection between the Coast Salish tribes and the Seattle waterfront. Many of Winnipeg-based Cedric Bomford’s previous…
How Seattle’s Waterfront Plan Took Shape
See Seattle waterfront's milestones
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue and is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. Click here to subscribe. 2001February: Nisqually Earthquake occurs and damages the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct 2009January: City, county and state governments agree to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel December: City forms Central Waterfront Partnerships Committee 2010September:…
This Week Then: Celebrating Black History Month in Washington
Plus: How King County got its name
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Firsts of the Month February is Black History Month, and this week HistoryLink notes some of Washington’s many African American “firsts.” We begin with George W. Bush and his family, who in 1845 were among the first Americans to settle north of the Columbia River,…
A Look at Mayor Durkan’s State of the City Address
She makes a strong case for her accomplishments—but how much can she really claim?
Last year, when she delivered her first State of the City speech after just three months in office, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan called herself “the Impatient Mayor,” and laid out a laundry list of goals for her first year in office. On the list: free college for all high school graduates; “bust[ing] through gridlock” by…
This Week Then: Looking Back on the PNW’s Worst Snowstorms
Our recent winter weather has nothing on the Big Snow of 1880
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Snowy Display This week, as most of Washington experiences the snowiest February in decades, HistoryLink invites you to curl up next to the warm glow of your tablet, smartphone, or computer screen as we take a look back at some of the region’s worst snowstorms….
Local Report Reveals a Surprisingly High Eviction Rate for One Seattle Nonprofit
According to the "Losing Home" report, Low Income Housing Institute stood out, not only for initiating more evictions than any other provider, but for charging legal fees that often far exceeded the amount of rent a tenant owed
Private landlords aren’t the only ones taking tenants to court for unpaid rent in Seattle. As “Losing Home” points out (the September 2018 report on eviction from the Seattle Women’s Commission and the King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project), nonprofit housing providers are also evicting low-income renters, often for what appear to be very…
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