Jim Ellis helped the city with sewage, transportation, and water quality systems. His big, systemic thinking is a model we should follow.

Built in small clusters, the 8-by-12-foot tiny houses provide shelter, safety and human dignity for people without a home.

City Hall has an opportunity to make the city more livable for all of us — and to fight climate change along the way.

The $143.5M sale in South Lake Union will raise millions for affordable housing, but what could Seattle accomplish with a little more imagination?

Recent zoning changes make it easier to build these dwellings. They could mix up the modern middle-class American life.

The local artist collective makes a case for adding “wonderment” to the everyday.

John Bennett hopes saving buildings in one neighborhood can help preserve Seattle at large.

A series of events across North America protest the effects of gentrification and displacement on Seattle's Chinatown-International District and other Chinatowns.

With The Last 6,000 project, 'tree librarians' are hoping to document and save Seattle's vulnerable canopy.

Can the Seattle neighborhood change without losing its spirit?

The City of Seattle says “a sad miscommunication” landed the historic Mercer Arena griffins in a dumpster.

It's time for city government and the able-bodied among us to shoulder a bigger load in making our city accessible to all. 

Cyclists say our bike infrastructure leaves much to be desired. WSDOT's Barb Chamberlain wants to fix that.

"When we don’t follow the law because it snows we’re still violating people’s civil rights."

Seattle shrouded in snow while the Alaskan Way tunnel makes its debut.