People assume Seattle and London have essentially the same climate but grass in Seattle goes dormant every summer while London stays green year-round (except this year😢).
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📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
The folks at @transportation.seattle.gov and their consulting team did a superb job organizing and running this charrette.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 21h agoWe’re doing it. We’re designing Crockett Plaza.
Our local fishwrap manufacturer doesn’t like libraries but I’m happy almost everyone else in Seattle does.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 18h agoSeattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.
This kind of smart, bouncable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 18h agowe need to build more houses and i’m ok if a few are bouncy
"Just explain why you're a better candidate." [but not with yard signs because we are going to steal those] —Will Dreher
Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...
The Davis camp shared pretty convincing images/clips. Is it possible that it's a doppelganger that looks exactly like Dreher's deputy campaign manager? I suppose. But Occam's razor.
“Traffic Got Evicted!” Is one of the best branding campaigns ever. Thank you Hudson Square on Little 6th! New Manhattan pedestrian square has one of the best street murals ever. I took a 4mph #bikenyc ride thru so you can experience the flow.
Jeez. At Seattle Streets Alliance, we don't even have internal conversations about (let alone endorse) candidates at meetings or on any communications medium (email, discord, Google docs, etc.) sponsored or used by the organization. But these clowns just post a bunch of endorsements on Instagram.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · yesterdayTree Action Seattle, a sponsored organization of the Seattle Parks Foundation - a 501(c)3 org - put up an Instagram post last night promoting candidates who had been endorsed by TreePAC. I do not believe that little disclaimer at the bottom is going to cut it here.
I also think it’s so interesting that the story doesn’t point out that one reason this was the one first thing the new Mayor did is because of the grassroots organizing of @fixthel8.bsky.social. But we aren’t whiny NIMBYs so I guess we can’t be cast as having built strong community support.
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d agoThis story is fine, but the headline the Seattle Times chose implies that a new bus lane is forcing drivers to just "find a new" route to I-5. No, the engineering project actually includes a new route to I-5. Anything to make it look like a progressive mayor is causing chaos, I guess?
planning to spend $0 on store-bought fruit for the foreseeable future
My election cheat sheet is Doom Loop. If they’ve got a nose, they’ve got my vote.
Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d ago83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways
WE ARE PEDESTRIANIZING THIS STREET. Core stakeholders are meeting with SDOT and their consulting team for three hours tomorrow to set the design parameters for future Crockett Plaza.
The Yale slip lane is now permanently closed, with Boren handling all I-5 traffic! We had a great time meeting the SDOT crew and can't wait to see the improvements this will bring for the L8! We'll head back down later today to share some more photos after everything is fully installed.
Unrelated, but this reminds me of SDOT’s response under Harrell to the idea of simply downgrading Florentia St. on Queen Anne from an arterial to a neighborhood street…something to the effect of any change having a dramatic cascading impact across the network.
Nick@nicksattele.bsky.social · 3d agoThe exact phrasing we were told is that it would “blow up the network”
Every single nimby who claims apartment buildings kill orcas has voted. Now it's time for the rest of us.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4d agoIt's time to post the current election turnout breakdown by age bracket chart again and remind you that ballots are due by Tuesday!
Building sustainable cities is a long journey. But remember, "journey" means "a day's work" (Old French). Each day's work gets us closer.
For the record: NOPE. Honestly, I don’t think there’s an issue today I care about on a personal level more deeply than trans rights. And it’s rough out there right now. Bigots on one side of the political aisle and too many cowards on the other. ⬇️
Folks, if you’re not creating active public spaces, you’re not properly celebrating the full diversity of people, talents, interests, cultures, and subcultures that exist in your city.
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d agoDo you know about soccer tennis? Saturday nights are tournament night for the sport on the Granville Street Pedestrian Zone, & these teams are no joke! Nice way to cap off a great day on the people-street. Overheard one family talking about how they “can’t believe how great Granville Street is now.”
I believe this historic exterior feature is old enough to landmark.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 4d agoOk, apparently I’m the only one on here who was a fan of World Wrapps. Their Broadway store closed more than 20 years ago but their signature mosaic design is still on the building.
This exceptionally cute spot really wants to be a plaza. Less road, pls.
I had a tiny amount of hope that this would be a reasonable discussion, but it turned out to be a panel comprised of: slow growth advocate who loves design review, architect who loves design review (but doesn't build housing), and developer who loves design review. And Alex Brennan.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 6d agoI am at the panel discussion sponsored by the “Reboot Design Review Coalition.”
It’s time for the Seattle Parks Department to move into the 21st Century: build and preserve places for people, not cars.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 5d agoI hope this is the last year we allow Genesee Park to be used as a parking lot for Seafair. It creates a large barren space that degrades the park year round.
I hope this is the last year we allow Genesee Park to be used as a parking lot for Seafair. It creates a large barren space that degrades the park year round.
Michael Smith@mesmith35673.bsky.social · 5d agoCars really put the “ing lot” in “parking lot”.
