Washington

Seattle's Experiment With Retail Design

Seattle Times columnist Mark Hinshaw reports on Seattle's experimental designs for retail buildings.

December 29, 2000 - The Seattle Times

Light Rail Won't Help Puget Sound

A Seattle Times columnist questions whether light transit is the right solution for Puget Sound.

December 24, 2000 - The Seattle Times

10 Steps to Attracting High Tech

This paper uses Seattle's example to lay out ten steps that officials can take to develop a high tech sector in their cities.

December 14, 2000 - The Brookings Institution

The Battle For Seattle's Waterfront

Fisheries and lumber mills are facing extinction as Puget Sound is being redeveloped for condominiums and offices with a view.

December 3, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

$150 Billion Action Plan To Ease Traffic congestion

User fees, gas taxes, license fees and auto-parts surcharges are all a part of the 20 year transportation vision for Seattle.

December 1, 2000 - Seattle Union Record

Seattle's Homeless Tent City

Seattle has vowed to close Tent City; residents say they won't leave.

November 29, 2000 - The Christian Science Monitor

Seattle's Light Rail Halted

After seven years and $25 million, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light rail tunnel have crashed to a halt.

November 21, 2000 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Different World

Editorial discusses how the listing of the Puget Sound chinook salmon as an endangered species will affect land use and the economy in the Seattle area.

November 21, 2000 - The Seattle Times

Washington's Growth Management Scrutinized

Republicans in the state are looking to amend the 10-year-old act with the help of affordable housing advocates.

November 16, 2000 - Wall St. Journal

A Tale of Two Washington Cities

Downtown revitalization efforts achieve different degrees of success in two Washington State cities.

October 26, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

In Seattle, Traffic Is Good For Some

Having some of the worst traffic in the U.S. is actually good for something in Seattle -- dot-com advertising.

September 21, 2000 - Wall St. Journal

First Digital Housing Community?

A digital housing project is being builtnear Seattle. Some are calling it the first digital housing community.

September 4, 2000 - Inman News

Experiments in New Urbanism: Planning or Fantasy?

Oregon is experimenting with a new urban village in Orenco. Right now it's just a field of grass with a railway station. Is this planning, or fantasy?

July 9, 2000 - The New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.