at a loss of words.

Pretty sure this would be somewhere in the $375-425/sf range in Seattle

I wish someone would run for office earnestly arguing to cut the Pentagon budget in half.

Looks like New York is ready for some Knicks basketball!

Could be pier 46 but you playin

Seattle CM Eddie Lin speaks in favor of his proposal to remove avenues for appeal of the city's growth plans under SEPA: "I find it odd that a single person can delay the elected representatives for a city of 800,000 for six months or longer."

Montlake “HOV” exit on the lid: every car but one is single‑occupant and illegally slowing down buses. If we’re not going to enforce traffic law, we should make this exit bus‑only.

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Here's our Blog post about the first Social Housing building in Seattle -- Elara at the Market!! There you will also find a link to our Housing Lottery!!! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! seattlesocialhousing.org/seattles-fir...

this is basically every blue city - despite crime being at generational lows - leaving no ability to fund needed programs

ITT: the most annoying, entitled homeowners you can possibly imagine

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California is really beautiful, they should let more people live here

Wow, all of this to replace a parking lot. I'm going to become the joker.

We can have Milk Carton Houses or Perimeter Blocks. Zone accordingly.

Taller, denser, faster. I was excited to announce at @housingconsortium.org's annual event yesterday that we're going to combine and accelerate Phases 3 and 4 of Seattle's comprehensive plan to achieve more housing near transit and in and around our growth centers.

The changes, Wilson says, will include: - allowing more housing within walking distance of transit, not just along busy roads - upzones in and around growth centers, including new and expanded neighborhood centers - exceeding transit-oriented development requirements in HB 1491

At the Housing Development Consortium's annual event, Mayor Katie Wilson just announced that the city will "revisit the original phases three and four" of the comprehensive plan "to be far more aggressive with our timeline and scope."

If we want better streetscapes, more livable units, and more tree canopy in Low Rise, lean into 'perimeter blocks' with interior courtyards. Push new buildings to the front for full width of lot, allow a little extra building area, and limit how much can be built in the backyard.

Proposal: Fund ST3 through a series of limited edition Boop plushie releases

If 1-2 storey straw houses are not high enough for your city, just build them higher: bsky.app/profile/mich...

Too bad this good article is marred by such a bad headline. Fixed it: To Cut Housing Costs, Some States Are Reforming Fire Safety Rules That Don't Make Buildings Safer For the record, WA was the first state to pass single-stair legislation, but is now lagging other states in implementation.

@ricoque-opcd.bsky.social Two blocks is not enough. We want Alternative 5 plus everything within 1/2 mile of frequent transit AS A START. That IS the “gradual” approach. Even this approach is too focused on business and not focused enough on families, parks, schools, etc.

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and your team …. We continue to get a lot of messages saying “we don’t feel like anything is happening differently under Wilson than happened under Harrell”. It is very concerning that so many people feel disappointed in us for championing you.

Someone who's owned a house for decades and demands their block be preserved in amber for all time vs. someone staring down displacement for lack of workable housing options...these are not equally valid viewpoints. They are not! It's greed and selfishness vs. meeting a basic human need.

Six floors Single stair Stacked flats Social Housing Surfaces? Permeable Side setbacks? None Someone help me continue the alliteration.

These ridiculously oversized single occupancy pickup trucks should be heavily taxed due to their danger to society, degradation of the road surfaces, and destruction of our livable planet. They are unnecessary and rarely tow, haul, or go off-road. #Trucks #PickupTruck

Outlook for the new year ...

Let's do Seattle next

dads only want one thing for the holidays - and it's car-light/free ecodistricts w/ abundant single stair + mass timber + passivhaus social and non-market housing, open space and a high quality public realm, space for nature and climate adaptation, with coffee shops & bars & places to play petanque

oooh oooh i have some thoughts on this... 1. abundant social housing 2. space for baugruppen and coops 3. a mixed use car-free ecodistrict w/ abundant open space and high quality public realm demonstrating what climate forward neighborhoods should do www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/24/s...

It's funny IMO that Berkeley, California was one of very first jurisdictions to ban straws/plastic bags -- you know, for the environment -- But soon as we learned the actual leading source of plastic pollution? Crickets. Performative progressivism. www-pbs-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.pbs....

"...my bill would establish the “Well Washington Fund” to safeguard state housing, healthcare, and higher education, protecting services such as Medicaid, food stamps, and housing for people with disabilities..." www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

NEW STORY // City of Seattle Purchases 18-Acre Laurelhurst Property, Scuttling Sprawl Plans Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/24/s...

If you have the free time to protest against new housing, your life sucks. Get a hobby. Take a ceramics class. Go for a walk. Read a book. Do literally anything else to fill the void in your heart.

New Post: The Fremont Bridge Should be Car-free seattletransitblog.com/2025/12/22/t...

Rail $395 million Public transit $753 million Debt $1.7 billion Highway upgrades $5.3 billion someone who is good at transportation planning please help me budget this. my state is dying

Is HOV lane enforcement carceral

TALARIS ECODISTRICT

This is what we really need in Neighborhood Residential zones in Seattle. I'm glad all the amendments to the Phase I plan added density and floor area bonuses for stacked flats, but we really need a 6 story height limit. Land is too expensive for an 8- or 9-plex to pencil.

mixed use ecoquartier w/ abundant social housing, community amenities and open space when?

Yes — follow @affordabletalaris.org

Affordable Talaris, a Share The Cities working group, has been demanding change at the Talaris parcel in Laurelhurst to build different & more affordable housing alongside trees, wetland, and a future daylit creek. We are heartened by the news that this parcel may have a different future!

Social Housing at Talaris when?!?!

I know @sharethecities.bsky.social was heavily involved in advocating for Affordable Talaris. Have you seen this? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Is there an opportunity to reopen this advocacy work?

Bad day for infrastructure. Levee failure in Tukwila, Hood Canal Bridge closed due to high winds, Ballard Bridge mechanical issues, I-90 slide near North Bend.

Drivers follow the speed limit on 15th Ave W Challenge (impossible)

Beautiful