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Seattle’s Land Use Map
Seattle’s Land Use Code Blog- Build, Baby, Build! “Overbuilding” Seattle May Be a Good Idea May 21, 2012Among the more risible arguments advanced by the anti-growth crowd is that somehow by allowing more development in Seattle we will end up overbuilt, with too many housing units and not enough people to fill them. One Seattle City Councilmember … Continue reading →
- Capitol Hill: Goodbye Bauhaus, Hello Future! April 7, 2012Sigh. Here we go again. From the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. Another half-block of Pike/Pine has been purchased by an Eastside developer with plans to create a new mixed-use development that will likely push out several long-running commercial tenants and residents of … Continue reading →
- Get Serious: Is There a John Fox of Density? March 31, 2012One thing I have found fascinating over the last year of writing in this space and elsewhere is how serious some people take this land use stuff. I quickly wrote a post drawing an analogy between cars and buildings when … Continue reading →
- Moving from ‘Talk’ to ‘Do’ March 30, 2012Here’s my dilemma. I care about this city, Seattle, and what happens to it over the next twenty years. But I feel like we spend more time talking, clearing our throats, and adjusting our clothes in the mirror, rather than … Continue reading →
- They Call it Democracy February 27, 2012Exactly one year ago yesterday, I sat down and wrote what was the first post on this blog, an enterprise undertaken with a mix of curiosity and frustration. The outcome of this effort was intended to be personal (running the … Continue reading →
- Seattle Transit Blog Post: Single Family Backlash February 21, 2012Over at Seattle Transit Blog, what started out as a rallying cry for supporters of smart growth, density, and transit to consider whether reforming elections and government rapidly became a discussion about the sacred form, single family. Seattle is a … Continue reading →
- Roosevelt: An E-mail to the City Neighborhood Council January 17, 2012What follows is my response to a forwarded e-mail by my friend (I hope he still is) Tony Provine who sits on the City Neighborhood Council. The City Council today will pass the rezones that have been much ballyhooed, and … Continue reading →
- Build, Baby, Build! “Overbuilding” Seattle May Be a Good Idea May 21, 2012
All these pictures are taken within a one block radius of RDG’s land leased from the slumlord Hugh Sisley who has neglected maintenance of his buildings for over 20 years and has sued the City for millions to keep them looking like this. This is not a true representation of the Roosevelt Neighborhood! Just a 1/2 block west is a vibrant, village core. In other words this area is not run down because it’s in decline, it’s run down because one greedy person has rejected any and all offers to sell, repair or upgrade their property. RDG is just another example of a group who is being taken advantage of by Hugh Sisley. Fact check and do your homework before posting misleading information like this! Shame on you!