Tue - June 21, 2005

Growing up, urban style 


This essay explores the growing pains of the Northwest's largest city - Seattle. I examine a number of events which have happened here lately and relate them to the relative youth of the city and the angst with which its citizens and residents are experiencing while trying to continue to grow their city the way they would like. Not always possible, but Seattle has a long history of deferred decisions and tempered acceptance of solutions. As one who lived here in a previous era and who now has a vested interest in how things go, I offer some "insider" and "outsider" views on Seattle's urbanization and densification efforts, activities, and discomforts. [5059 words, 6 embedded URLs] 

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