Something I’ll never understand about the Semple South Canal plan for Beacon Hill is how Semple thought he was going to deal with a 300 foot tall hill between the Duwamish and Lake Washington. A ton of locks?
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Something I’ll never understand about the Semple South Canal plan for Beacon Hill is how Semple thought he was going to deal with a 300 foot tall hill between the Duwamish and Lake Washington. A ton of locks?
It looks like there was once, what I assume at least, military housing on Rainier on the Lowes/Pepsi parcels. Just north of the old Sick’s Stadium.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It looks like there was once, what I assume at least, military housing on Rainier on the Lowes/Pepsi parcels. Just north of the old Sick’s Stadium.
This is kind of blowing my mind. A building I assume survived the Jackson Street Regrade and had floors added underneath it when it moved to Jackson/Maynard. Still there today!
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is kind of blowing my mind. A building I assume survived the Jackson Street Regrade and had floors added underneath it when it moved to Jackson/Maynard. Still there today!
The Jackson Street Regrade. This is a birdseye view map I hadn’t seen before. ~1907.
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Jackson Street Regrade. This is a birdseye view map I hadn’t seen before. ~1907.
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In August, two cop cars crashed in Beacon Hill.
We got the video. It's glorious.
We got the video. It's glorious.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Overheard outside a soup kitchen line in Pioneer Square: “God Bless Katie Wilson, add her to the prayer!”
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Overheard outside a soup kitchen line in Pioneer Square: “God Bless Katie Wilson, add her to the prayer!”
The new paint job for the José Rizal Bridge looks good!
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The new paint job for the José Rizal Bridge looks good!
Just obsessed with riding this thing around town
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just obsessed with riding this thing around town
The Yesler towers are cool and I’m hopeful that they’re proof the south end of downtown can make new construction highrises work even when they’re not directly next to the stadiums
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Yesler towers are cool and I’m hopeful that they’re proof the south end of downtown can make new construction highrises work even when they’re not directly next to the stadiums
As a teacher and as an American, it makes me extremely sad that the U.S. Department of Education is posting this on Facebook.
So much damage is being done to our institutions and the people they serve.
So much damage is being done to our institutions and the people they serve.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As a teacher and as an American, it makes me extremely sad that the U.S. Department of Education is posting this on Facebook.
So much damage is being done to our institutions and the people they serve.
So much damage is being done to our institutions and the people they serve.
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"Cittadini
(...)
Bologna non deve soffocare
The city administration believes that the only solution is to reduce the use of private vehicles wherever possible. Increased speed and frequency of public transportation, as well as free travel during certain time slots, could make travel easier."
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Bologna non deve soffocare
The city administration believes that the only solution is to reduce the use of private vehicles wherever possible. Increased speed and frequency of public transportation, as well as free travel during certain time slots, could make travel easier."
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Cittadini
(...)
Bologna non deve soffocare
The city administration believes that the only solution is to reduce the use of private vehicles wherever possible. Increased speed and frequency of public transportation, as well as free travel during certain time slots, could make travel easier."
(...)
Bologna non deve soffocare
The city administration believes that the only solution is to reduce the use of private vehicles wherever possible. Increased speed and frequency of public transportation, as well as free travel during certain time slots, could make travel easier."
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Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
Judkins Park Community Advisory Group Meeting 4
YouTube video by wsdot
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
Pretty sure I just heard the chimes for the light rail at Judkins Park Station. Are they testing tonight?
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Pretty sure I just heard the chimes for the light rail at Judkins Park Station. Are they testing tonight?
I don’t think the buildout of this block in Beacon Hill is optimal, but I think you can retrofit for greenspace by using adjacent public ROW.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I don’t think the buildout of this block in Beacon Hill is optimal, but I think you can retrofit for greenspace by using adjacent public ROW.
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...
redf.in
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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?
Really dislike Seattle Townhomes that absolutely insist on putting a kitchen island in. Theres rarely enough space and the chairs around this are so awkwardly in the way.
Scrap the kitchen island. Let a resident put a small dining table where they want.
Scrap the kitchen island. Let a resident put a small dining table where they want.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Really dislike Seattle Townhomes that absolutely insist on putting a kitchen island in. Theres rarely enough space and the chairs around this are so awkwardly in the way.
Scrap the kitchen island. Let a resident put a small dining table where they want.
Scrap the kitchen island. Let a resident put a small dining table where they want.
My impressions:
- Goofy to put the poverty line there
- Goofy to use national medians
- I think this is useful in showing how thinly stretched our middle class is
- Average people are really struggling to build wealth now
- Dismissing this as privileged is actually Billionaire class rhetoric
- Goofy to put the poverty line there
- Goofy to use national medians
- I think this is useful in showing how thinly stretched our middle class is
- Average people are really struggling to build wealth now
- Dismissing this as privileged is actually Billionaire class rhetoric
Man, gotta love some Wall Street guy who decides It’s Time To Care About Poverty and uses vibe math to recalculate the poverty line, as… $136,500
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My impressions:
- Goofy to put the poverty line there
- Goofy to use national medians
- I think this is useful in showing how thinly stretched our middle class is
- Average people are really struggling to build wealth now
- Dismissing this as privileged is actually Billionaire class rhetoric
- Goofy to put the poverty line there
- Goofy to use national medians
- I think this is useful in showing how thinly stretched our middle class is
- Average people are really struggling to build wealth now
- Dismissing this as privileged is actually Billionaire class rhetoric
Got it for $2k. Picked up in Ballard so I got to try it out on the Burke Gilman before hopping on the light rail at UW to get home. So much fun!
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Got it for $2k. Picked up in Ballard so I got to try it out on the Burke Gilman before hopping on the light rail at UW to get home. So much fun!
Beautiful. No notes. Get it done.
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Beautiful. No notes. Get it done.
Something I’d really love to see around Seattle embedded into neighborhoods is more bike rooms like what we have at some of the light rail stations.
As our city becomes more and more for apartment and townhome dwellers, residents don’t often have enough space to securely keep a bike.
As our city becomes more and more for apartment and townhome dwellers, residents don’t often have enough space to securely keep a bike.
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Something I’d really love to see around Seattle embedded into neighborhoods is more bike rooms like what we have at some of the light rail stations.
As our city becomes more and more for apartment and townhome dwellers, residents don’t often have enough space to securely keep a bike.
As our city becomes more and more for apartment and townhome dwellers, residents don’t often have enough space to securely keep a bike.
I miss going to shows at Joe’s Cafe in St. Louis. One of the cooler venues you’ll ever get to go see live music. It doesn’t really matter who was playing that night.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I miss going to shows at Joe’s Cafe in St. Louis. One of the cooler venues you’ll ever get to go see live music. It doesn’t really matter who was playing that night.
Give it a watch. Only 2 episodes in but it has been really strong so far.
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Give it a watch. Only 2 episodes in but it has been really strong so far.
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5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
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Katie Wilson 18mos ago on her mode shift vision for a progressive city hall. Step 1 (elect progressive citywide positions) complete!
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/07/p...
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/07/p...
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Katie Wilson 18mos ago on her mode shift vision for a progressive city hall. Step 1 (elect progressive citywide positions) complete!
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/07/p...
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/07/p...