Dear Members of the Tunnel+Transit Coalition: In a previous post I called you out on the disconnect between the name of your coalition and the lack of transit funding in the deep-bore tunnel project you support. But today I’d like to give you all the chance to prove me wrong.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Dan Bertolet
Hugeasscity’s Endorsements
Hugeasscity has a simple, time-saving solution for those of you who want to do the right thing for people and the planet, but have the attention span of a fruit fly: Don’t vote for anyone or anything endorsed by the Seattle Times.
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Dan Bertolet
Housing Belongs Next to the Sculpture Park
An appeal won by Belltown residents has resulted in a the scrapping of a proposed high-density housing project adjacent to the Olympic Sculpture Park, and the developer has now come back with plans for an office building.
More »Friday, July 23, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Hey Tunnel Agreement: Got Transit?
Here’s another reason that the Seattle City Council should not sign off on the state’s deep-bore tunnel agreement: the promised transit funding commitment is still missing.
More »Thursday, July 22, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Let’s Give New Orleans Our Tunnel
Civic activists and planners in New Orleans have a wacky idea for the 2.2-mile elevated section of Interstate 10 known as the Clairborne Expressway: remove it and replace it with a surface boulevard. Obviously, someone needs to clue them in on the wonders of deep-bore tunnel boring machines.
More »Sunday, July 18, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Hugeasscityscapes
It’s messy but unified, cozy, romantic, earthy, comfortable, grounded, human scale—in a word: organic.
More »Friday, July 16, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Tunnel Mania
WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE END OF THIS POST. Recent noise over the deep-bore tunnel is once again reaching fever pitch. Will it ever stop? But the more light that is shed on the deep-bore tunnel up front, the less likely we are to do something foolish. Like build it.
More »Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Dan Bertolet
The Tallest Building in Pike/Pine
By preserving an existing historic facade to gain a 10 foot height allowance increase, a proposed seven story building at 11th and Pine would be the tallest building in the Pike/Pine neighborhood.
More »Monday, July 12, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Let’s Get One Thing Straight: The Tunnel Is Not The “Green Alternative”
The deep-bore tunnel is not the “green alternative,” no matter what Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin or anyone else may claim.
More »Sunday, July 11, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Hugeasscityscapes
Seattle was once a city built of brick, and traces of that city still cling to the painted facades on the sides and backs of historic downtown buildings…
More »Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Dan Bertolet
Parking Garage NIMBY Alert
Here’s a case that’s screaming for some good old fashioned NIBMYism: King County wants to put a a five-story, above-grade parking garage for 560 cars in the middle of the Central District. For the past several years the county has been working on plans to replace two Youth Service Center court buildings and redevelop other [...]
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