Kevin Lynch Interview: “Everything gets changed.”
I was doing a search that I sometimes do on Google, “Kevin Lynch video,” and the internet responded, for the first time, with a hit. The planner, writer, and thinker about cities is a hero of mine. I’ve written about him often and his influence on me and on the planning profession and practice in […]
Want To Help Preserve Existing Low-Cost Housing? Build Density.
When change occurs as rapidly as it has been in Seattle, misplaced blame runs rampant. And one of the most egregious examples is the contention that the construction of new housing is the cause of declining affordability—case in point, a coalition of Seattle neighborhood groups is currently advocating for a moratorium on new housing construction. […]
GMA Data: “All You Want to do is Use Me”
Bill Withers came to mind this morning as I considered how some neighborhood groups use and abuse data generated by planning agencies to implement the Growth Management Act. Here’s Mr. Withers on being used and used again: But it doesn’t feel so good getting used when you’re on the other end of neighborhood groups that […]
