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Feb. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Bike-Sharing: What Seattle and Vancouver learned from each other

Vancouver’s bike-share system was literally announced yesterday, and already Seattle is comparing our system with theirs.   Which is only…
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Feb. 15, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Seattle C.A.P.

From Sandy James: “While we are taking down the viaducts, this interesting proposal is circulating  in Seattle.” . . “It’s…
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Feb. 08, 2016 / Gordon Price

Density-wise, Seattle's in America's Top Ten

From The Seattle Times: “Seattle, density doesn’t have to be a dirty word“ . Analysis of census data shows that…
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

From Seattle: The Triplex Analysis

David Sucher, Seattle urbanist (and PT reader) has a helpful analysis.  From the Seattle Times: . I’M a literal kind…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

What densification looks like in the Ballard urban village – 2

Next to South Lake Union and possibly Capitol/First Hill, there’s no more happening neighbourhood than Ballard – and people take…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

What densification looks like in the Ballard urban village

Another quote from the Seattle Weekly feature: … the 1994 Comprehensive Plan … insulated single-family neighborhoods, which cover most of the…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Battle for Seattle: Densinista vs Displacement

A fascinating analysis of the housing and development challenges in Seattle by Casey Jaywork – with a lot of backstory…
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Sep. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

HALA in Seattle: Rental Housing and the Grand Bargain

Yet another announcement on the ‘Grand Bargain’ that came out of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) task force, made…
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Aug. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

HALA in Seattle: Affordable Housing, The Grand Bargain and American Law

Here’s an update on the ‘Grand Bargain’ that came out of Seattle’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) task force,…
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Aug. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

Claiming the Lane: Seattle

Further to the post below on the Telus laneway, Kenneth Chan at Vancity Buzz did an item on it a few years…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle HALA Update: Strategic Retreat

Well, that didn’t take long.  From the Seattle Times: . Mayor Murray withdraws proposal to allow more density in single-family…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Cutting the Gordian knot of parking politics in Seattle

From The Stranger: . The Hidden Reason Behind Seattle’s Skyrocketing Housing Costs . The lack of affordable housing in Seattle…
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Jul. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Seattle goes to HALA – Housing Affordability and Politics in an American City

Have you heard the rumblings from south of the border?  Actually, it’s more of a political earthquake in the Emerald…
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Jun. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Are young people leaving Vancouver?

It’s almost conventional wisdom: young people are leaving (or not coming to) Vancouver because they can’t afford to live here;…

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