push the needleHow A Little Change Can Go Very FARSeattle’s Draft Comprehensive Plan is out, and it is quite lame. Leaked documents showed the plan was watered down in the final months…May 2May 2
push the needleHow the Hypocrisy of Planning Resides in one New York High-RiseSome stories you just couldn’t make up if you tried. New York City’s Planning Department resides in the Equitable Building in lower…Sep 5, 2023Sep 5, 2023
push the needleWasting of MaritimeSomeone once told me the term “bureaucracy” is intentionally hard to spell. When I first tried to spell it without Googling it, I butchered…Jun 9, 20231Jun 9, 20231
push the needleWe Need More Chairs!Sometimes life delivers an irony that even the writers of SNL couldn’t deliver. Earlier this week I attended a community planning event to…Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
push the needleIt’s the Cars that Crowd Us OutThroughout the history of our nation, cities have spawned out of sheer desire to live where opportunity exists. Manhattan took 50 years to…Aug 22, 2022Aug 22, 2022
push the needleBusting The NIMBY Myth of Trickle Down HousingThere is no such thing as “trickle down housing”. You may have heard this misunderstood economic analysis at a community meeting or in the…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
push the needleThe LoraxMy neighbor Ted Geisel is fuming once again about the debate regarding more homes. This time it involved not just NIMBYs who don’t want to…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
push the needleGive West Seattle’s Lightrail Line to Aurora AvenueNobody likes it when someone looks a gift horse in the mouth.Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021
push the needleAdding Space and Cutting TapeRecently I was asked to present an article written for The Urbanist titled “Seattle has the Space” for the Surrey Board of Trade (SBOT)…Sep 24, 2021Sep 24, 2021
push the needleHistoric Preservation of ExclusionIn 1961 locals watched the Seattle Hotel get torn down for a parking garage. The loss of this iconic building tugged at the emotions of…Sep 2, 2021Sep 2, 2021