Seattle Magazine on Tower Spacing: Rich People’s Views or More Housing?
I’ve already written about Councilmember Sally Bagshaw’s self serving efforts to squash more housing construction downtown with a tower spacing scheme. Now Seattle Magazine has an article about the fight brewing downtown about allowing more height and lot coverage. The problem with Bagshaw’s efforts, along from being a weird conflict of interest and possibly limiting housing […]
George Lucas on the Down Side of Star Wars: “There’s More to it Than That.”
You didn’t think you’d be reading about Star Wars here did you? Well, here’s my Star Wars post. Why Star Wars? Well, George Lucas, the creator of the epic series of films, did an interview with Charlie Rose at the end of last year talking about his feelings about saying goodbye to Star Wars (he […]
Year of the City Builder? We Are Getting Closer to Changing the Story
We set out at the beginning of this year calling it the Year of the City Builder, a year in which we’d see a noticeable shift in anti-developer sentiment. While we made an effort and a difference, the narrative in Seattle remained hostile to the building and development community. Part of that was losing a […]
