Push The Needle
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the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
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we shouldn’t divide our cities like TV dinners with zoning. we should plan cities like salads and mix everything up
Absolutely stunning. Here is a color coded version to see the stair (yellow) and each units alternating between gray and white
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Absolutely stunning. Here is a color coded version to see the stair (yellow) and each units alternating between gray and white
Canyon streets are fantastic
They're pedestrianizing this block and it's going to be next night time NYC photo op. Mark my words. It looks lit up like out of the White City and even though it isn't covered, it feels like an arcade. #ThamesStreet #FiDi
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Canyon streets are fantastic
Narrow is fine if it’s deep enough that the stairs don’t interrupt the front or back rooms. Great layout!
This is one of the most interesting newer homes in the city to me.
The house’s footprint is 58’x10’. Because it’s so deep, I feel like it actually works in terms of layout?
The house’s footprint is 58’x10’. Because it’s so deep, I feel like it actually works in terms of layout?
1309 Sturgus Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 - 3 beds/2.5 baths
(NWMLS as Distributed by MLS Grid) 3 beds, 2.5 baths, 1760 sq. ft. house located at 1309 Sturgus Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 sold for $762,000 on Nov 13, 2020. MLS# 1660139. Tower above it all in this sl...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Narrow is fine if it’s deep enough that the stairs don’t interrupt the front or back rooms. Great layout!
Why do our transit agencies and elected officials do this to themselves?
I'm having a hard time figuring out who the audience for this West Seattle light rail visioning event is. After remarks by CM Mosqueda and Dow Constantine, Sound Transit is presenting board-level info (what's a "tail track"?).
This would be a good onboarding briefing for a new board member but...
This would be a good onboarding briefing for a new board member but...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Why do our transit agencies and elected officials do this to themselves?
Autonomous vehicles! A traffic solution!
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Autonomous vehicles! A traffic solution!
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Same thing in Seattle. In fact, I heard Safeway referred to as one of Seattle’s biggest housing providers when that on in Queen Anne went through the red brick design review fiasco
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
Preliminary Plans Filed For Safeway in Outer Richmond, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Preliminary plans have been filed for an eight-story apartment complex at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The project will...
sfyimby.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Same thing in Seattle. In fact, I heard Safeway referred to as one of Seattle’s biggest housing providers when that on in Queen Anne went through the red brick design review fiasco
Great read on why programs like Design Review will never be reformed by bringing in “the right feedback”. It’s impossible to achieve and should be abolished.
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
What are planning hearings actually for?
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ggwash.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great read on why programs like Design Review will never be reformed by bringing in “the right feedback”. It’s impossible to achieve and should be abolished.
Looks like Seattle’s “phase 1” of the comp plan that complies with HB1110 will be voted on next Tuesday 12/2
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Looks like Seattle’s “phase 1” of the comp plan that complies with HB1110 will be voted on next Tuesday 12/2
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"The batteries were sold with the following Rad Power Bikes e-bike models and as replacement batteries: RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5"
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The batteries were sold with the following Rad Power Bikes e-bike models and as replacement batteries: RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5"
This paragraph makes no sense to me. You want more housing but you want to carve away the ROI so it’s infeasible to build? Isnt Seattle closing schools because of declining attendance and a surplus of schools?
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This paragraph makes no sense to me. You want more housing but you want to carve away the ROI so it’s infeasible to build? Isnt Seattle closing schools because of declining attendance and a surplus of schools?
“Save Our Sammamish” 🙄
From what? Not being boring?
From what? Not being boring?
Following an intense debate over the future of Sammamish's fledgling Town Center area in this month's elections, three growth skeptics are set to join the city council. Now the question is just how dramatically things get scaled back in 2026.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/24/s...
Sammamish Hits Pause on Town Center Planning after Backlash Election » The Urbanist
# Following an intense debate over the future of Sammamish's fledgling Town Center area in this month's elections, three growth skeptics are set to join the city council. Now the question is just how ...
www.theurbanist.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“Save Our Sammamish” 🙄
From what? Not being boring?
From what? Not being boring?
Feels like Seattle’s housing, zoning and affordability crisis can be summed up with these two articles
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Feels like Seattle’s housing, zoning and affordability crisis can be summed up with these two articles
If we are being honest we should just remove all of the plant entirely. And you could make a “landmarks” argument by going back to the days before it was there. But this debate is such a waste of time because landmarks will never allow alteration or removal because it sets precedent to
Anyone designing a park today would look at this and say "So you want 1/3 of the flat area to be fenced off/inaccessible, another 1/3 is in a depression that gets wet in the winter and is unusable, so as a result only 25% of the overall park will be flat and reliably dry year-round? Sounds dumb."
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If we are being honest we should just remove all of the plant entirely. And you could make a “landmarks” argument by going back to the days before it was there. But this debate is such a waste of time because landmarks will never allow alteration or removal because it sets precedent to
Historic Preservation is not about safety, history, or preservation. It’s about stopping any and all change with unaccountable committees who hold all the power and are backed by state and federal staff who align to this ideology.
I don't buy that "preservation" means we can't remove a few ladders and catwalks from the old gas works in order to prevent more kids from dying.
A 'both/and' solution for safety at Gas Works Park | Op-Ed
Rather than remove stairs, catwalks, etc. that wrap around the Gas Works Park towers, the city should look for ways to both maintain them and keep people safe.
www.seattletimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Historic Preservation is not about safety, history, or preservation. It’s about stopping any and all change with unaccountable committees who hold all the power and are backed by state and federal staff who align to this ideology.
👈 Director of Planning right here.
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
👈 Director of Planning right here.
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nothing will radicalize you against zoning quite like engaging with zoning
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
nothing will radicalize you against zoning quite like engaging with zoning
Great read
“I entered city government as a zoning believer. I quickly lost my faith.”
Same story as mine. The more I talked to the “planning experts” and worked on projects needing city approval, the more I saw who and what the problem really was.
“I entered city government as a zoning believer. I quickly lost my faith.”
Same story as mine. The more I talked to the “planning experts” and worked on projects needing city approval, the more I saw who and what the problem really was.
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great read
“I entered city government as a zoning believer. I quickly lost my faith.”
Same story as mine. The more I talked to the “planning experts” and worked on projects needing city approval, the more I saw who and what the problem really was.
“I entered city government as a zoning believer. I quickly lost my faith.”
Same story as mine. The more I talked to the “planning experts” and worked on projects needing city approval, the more I saw who and what the problem really was.
The same agency that created that mode shift graphic is unwilling to change this road and accepts a 7 lane car sewer for bicyclists to ride in the bus only lane
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The same agency that created that mode shift graphic is unwilling to change this road and accepts a 7 lane car sewer for bicyclists to ride in the bus only lane
Engineers think it’s a liquid but traffic is a gas. Give it space and it’ll fill it up. Take it away and it disperses
Every time
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Engineers think it’s a liquid but traffic is a gas. Give it space and it’ll fill it up. Take it away and it disperses
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Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the stupidest thing to regulate housing with.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the stupidest thing to regulate housing with.
I have no idea why anyone is on X anymore. It doesn’t have reach. The engagement is fake. The reason it’s hard to “go viral” here is because its real people
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I have no idea why anyone is on X anymore. It doesn’t have reach. The engagement is fake. The reason it’s hard to “go viral” here is because its real people
Absolutely amazing
Those cottages in particular lead to my first local "we believe... / but no to the housing!" sign pairing sighting!
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Absolutely amazing
Placing 5 to 6 800 square foot “cottages” on 10,000 square foot lots is not a housing solution any city should take seriously. The planners are wrong to push these on single family areas in major cities
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Placing 5 to 6 800 square foot “cottages” on 10,000 square foot lots is not a housing solution any city should take seriously. The planners are wrong to push these on single family areas in major cities
Was it young voter turnout? Trump backlash? Or was it voters sick of shit like this?
Welp, after years of planning, pots of dedicated funding, promises that despite other elements getting yanked from the plans that sidewalk repairs were still on the table, the only sidewalk on LWB that got repaved this year was the segment right in front of Bruce's house.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Was it young voter turnout? Trump backlash? Or was it voters sick of shit like this?