AltWeeklies Wire
Will Ron Sims Be Able to Deliver What Seattle Housing Advocates Want?new
Local housing and community-development groups are attaching a boatload of hopes to Ron Sims' appointment as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, at a time when the federal government is already operating deep in the red.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
02-10-2009 |
Housing & Development
Persistence Could Pay $1 Million Dividendnew
A curious Seattle hotelier is still without the Qwest Field details he asked for in 1997.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
Rural King County Residents Fight Environmental Restrictions Imposed by Seattleitesnew
A recent ruling, if it stands, could serve as a new barbed-wire fence keeping the urban politicians, and their green agendas, out of the rural landowners' backyards. But, in the eyes of some King County politicians, that would come at a severe environmental cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
09-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
A Field Guide to Seattle's Ugliest Housesnew
The FAR Monster, The Encroacher, The Green Zone Special and other species ruining your neighborhood.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fort Lawton Freeze Tagnew
The trouble with trying to repurpose a $100 million piece of military property.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
09-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Popcorn, Butter, and a Good Look at Fecesnew
In Seattle's torrid real-estate market, Rick de la Mare stands at the crossroads of sewer and cinema.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
06-25-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
How Seattle Ended Up With the Great Wall of Waterfront Blightnew
Given the acrimonious political debate over the Alaskan Way Viaduct's replacement, leading to Tuesday's mail-in advisory ballot, you'd think the elevated eyesore was controversial even before its 1953 opening -- not true.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
King of Iron Mountainnew
A trip inside the Fred Sanford fiefdom of a vigilante ex-cop.
Seattle Weekly |
John Metcalfe |
03-05-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Wet & Mildnew
We go inside Eastlake's much-ballyhooed drunk residence.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
09-06-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Circling the Squarenew
Can Seattle's Pioneer Square be revived and still keep its character?
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
06-28-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Lunar Eclipsenew
For sale: the historic University District tavern where Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, and Tom Robbins once drank.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
05-17-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tent City Showdownnew
The Seattle government faces off with the homeless group SHARE/WHEEL.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-22-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Plan to Nowhere?new
The Seattle region's ambitious 10-year plan to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded -- and things are about to get worse, thanks to the Bush administration.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-08-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
