It’s that time of year when the City Council decides on the mayor’s proposed budget for the coming year. Owing to good economic times, Mayor Ed Murray has proposed a general fund budget of $1.2 billion — $300 million above what was available for city programs in 2015. A careful look it, however, shows it to be business as usual.
This site will be developed, along with a myriad of other projects around the city. But let’s see that our neighborhood is developed with integrity.
The firm on the project, Studio Meng Strazzara, has worked to refine the preferred of three options since the last meeting, which has a stepped design that aims to alleviate the bulkiness of the building on the east side across from single family homes.
Simply by virtue of its location at the heart of this quiet residential district, St. Clouds is like a community center crossed with a neighborhood bistro.
Director Peter Feysa will see his movie “Dead in the Water” screen at the festival Nov. 13. The festival runs Nov. 11-13 at the SIFF Film Center in lower Queen Anne.
According to a new report from Veros Real Estate Solutions, a risk management and collateral valuation firm, Seattle is now among a handful of cities which rank as “strongest housing markets” in the nation.
Nearly 100 million people will travel this holiday season to visit friends and family. Getting out of town or having house guests can be a well-deserved break from your regular routine. But those breaks in routine also present risks for sharing illness.
At the height of World War II, as Boeing was testing a plane that would become the B-29 Bomber, one prototype crashed into a meat packing plant adjacent to Boeing Field.
Eighty-seven percent of baby boomers, age 65 or older, want to continue living in their current homes. So the question is: How do we make this happen? By making aging accommodations before they are needed.
The virulently anti-neighborhood, pro-developer Sightline Institute recently posted a story attempting to prove that the demolition of low income and affordable housing in Seattle is not a problem.
The candidates for both major parties stretch the truth. Neither is particularly trustworthy. Republican nominee Donald Trump is a clueless outsider; meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is the mirror opposite, a chameleonic insider.
Proponents of a statewide initiative to raise the minimum wage and expand access to paid sick leave made their case on Sept. 13 for why voters should back the sweeping measure designed to reduce economic inequality in Washington.
During the fall season, occupational and physical therapists see back and neck injuries from carrying lawn chairs and elbow and shoulder tendonitis from raking leaves.
