https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/kirkland-voters-reject-anti-growth-push/
Nov 20, 2025 - # Despite significant spending to steer the Kirkland City Council toward a more slow growth direction, voters elected progressives in three out of four races....
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/01/the-view-from-nathans-bus-the-harder-thing/
Nov 1, 2025 - # Nathan Vass shares a vignette gleaned from driving buses for King County Metro in Seattle, talking with passengers, and absorbing street life happening...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/12/katie-wilson-launches-seattle-mayor-campaign/
Nov 27, 2025 - # Transit Riders Union leader Katie Wilson jumped in the race to be the next mayor of Seattle today. Our interview with Wilson covers what's motivating...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/16/an-audio-recap-of-the-urbanists-future-of-seattle-housing-panel/
May 16, 2025 - # Want a deep dive on the latest in Seattle housing policy? The Urbanist has you covered. Check out this recording and transcript of our April housing panel...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/privacy-policy/
Jun 3, 2022 - Our website collects cookies so that our ad partners can tailor marketing to you. You can opt out below. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1) The...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/27/urbanist-podcast-election-extravaganza/
Nov 27, 2025 - # The Urbanist Podcast is back after a hiatus, just in time to break down 2025 election results. In this episode, Urbanist publisher Doug Trumm and reporter...
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https://weburbanist.com/2011/06/05/big-in-japan-gullivers-kingdom-abandoned-theme-park/
Sprawling in the shadow of Japan’s Mt Fuji, Gulliver’s Kingdom Theme Park was nurtured on government stimulus funds but withered away when the yen tap ran dry.
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/09/sunday-video-in-praise-of-chicago-and-its-beloved-l-trains/
Nov 9, 2025 - # Chicago has gotten a lot of national attention this year, but not for the reason we'd usually hope. Ray Delahanty of CityNerd, however, made a recent...
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https://www.thoughtco.com/jane-jacobs-biography-4154171
Jane Jacobs, writer and activist, took on the conventional approaches to city planning and fought for community and people oriented construction.
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/12/after-victory-zahilay-announces-executive-transition-team-framework/
Nov 12, 2025 - # In announcing his 100-person transition team, King County Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay put housing issues front-and-center. He faces a short runway as the...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/18/structural-change-about-to-make-new-housing-more-expensive-in-seattle/
Nov 28, 2025 - # As Seattle enters an era where fewer builders are lining up to build office towers and residential skyscrapers, the city's permit department is...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/27/progressives-rally-behind-katie-wilson-in-home-stretch-to-mayoral-election/
Nov 4, 2025 - # "It's never been more important to have a movement mayor," Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson told supporters Sunday. Multiple speakers...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/22/ibsen-and-palmer-prevail-in-tacoma-pledging-housing-safe-streets-push/
Nov 26, 2025 - # Tacoma’s recent election elevated two urbanist-backed progressives, which could buoy efforts to expand housing, roll out street safety upgrades, and...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/book-review-how-a-highway-map-wrecked-baltimore/
Nov 18, 2025 - # Road to Nowhere author Emily Lieb is speaking at Elliott Bay Books on November 20. Here's a sneak peek at her book, which covers the plight of the...
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https://streets.mn/2015/05/14/an-exit-interview-with-a-minneapolis-urbanist/
Jul 26, 2020 - This summer, Minneapolis will be losing a longtime advocate when Thatcher Imboden moves to Seattle to take a job with Sound Transit. Thatcher currently works...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/31/join-us-for-the-urbanist-winter-holiday-party-on-december-9th/
Oct 31, 2025 - # The Urbanist's Annual Holiday Party is the biggest gathering of local urbanists and elected officials of the year. Mingle, celebrate our recent wins,...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/26/two-weeks-until-the-urbanists-winter-holiday-party/
Nov 26, 2025 - # Get your ticket to The Urbanist's annual holiday party while supplies last. Our speaking program on December 9 will feature Seattle Councilmember Alexis...
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https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/03/seattle-council-sets-the-stage-for-a-potential-multiplex-boom/
Oct 3, 2025 - # The Seattle City Council added a series of series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update...
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