Seth Geiser
@geisers.bsky.social
Public space shaker-upper. Public space design + arts for Downtown Seattle
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Look at this rectangular dog
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Look at this rectangular dog
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2. enable an office of urbanism with a budget and the ability to find creative repurposing of public spaces and existing publicly owned buildings. modeled on the 'soft power' of brussels' bouwmeester maitre architecte, kristiaan borret
short talk on what they do here:
youtu.be/3tHNMcSGJbg
short talk on what they do here:
youtu.be/3tHNMcSGJbg
Brussels Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BE) - Kristiaan Borret
YouTube video by Urban Maestro
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November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
2. enable an office of urbanism with a budget and the ability to find creative repurposing of public spaces and existing publicly owned buildings. modeled on the 'soft power' of brussels' bouwmeester maitre architecte, kristiaan borret
short talk on what they do here:
youtu.be/3tHNMcSGJbg
short talk on what they do here:
youtu.be/3tHNMcSGJbg
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Something I wish every city would do: District-level public realm improvement plans. This is the London Borough of Camden's "Bloomsbury Vision" project map. Greening, placemaking, pedestrianization, bike lanes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Something I wish every city would do: District-level public realm improvement plans. This is the London Borough of Camden's "Bloomsbury Vision" project map. Greening, placemaking, pedestrianization, bike lanes.
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Seattle has what they call "temporary" and "permanent" school street designs. The designs are...awful...nearly identical to Healthy Streets or Neighborhood Greenways, which target speeds of 20 mph and volumes below 1,000 cars per day.
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Seattle has what they call "temporary" and "permanent" school street designs. The designs are...awful...nearly identical to Healthy Streets or Neighborhood Greenways, which target speeds of 20 mph and volumes below 1,000 cars per day.
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People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
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Katie Wilson: “What SOCIALISM means to me”
YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle
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November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
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We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
Really feels like some folks locked in a nostalgia mindset for Seattle of the 80s-90s and because car culture was unquestioned then, it must remain that way forever
"The mayor doesn't get a vote in this," Graff says. "This not Disneyland, this is a working market."
Graff wants to see a traffic study because he can't get to his office.
Graff wants to see a traffic study because he can't get to his office.
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Really feels like some folks locked in a nostalgia mindset for Seattle of the 80s-90s and because car culture was unquestioned then, it must remain that way forever
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It’s pretty depressing that the only reference many Americans have to a pedestrianized market street is Disneyland.
You don't even need to look to other countries — we have examples of thriving pedestrian markets here in the USA, who happily shared their advice with us when we reached out to them
You don't even need to look to other countries — we have examples of thriving pedestrian markets here in the USA, who happily shared their advice with us when we reached out to them
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It’s pretty depressing that the only reference many Americans have to a pedestrianized market street is Disneyland.
You don't even need to look to other countries — we have examples of thriving pedestrian markets here in the USA, who happily shared their advice with us when we reached out to them
You don't even need to look to other countries — we have examples of thriving pedestrian markets here in the USA, who happily shared their advice with us when we reached out to them
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
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Following up on my short thread yesterday, another reason I’m excited is because I think it will be transformative to have a renter, car-free transit-rider, and mom of a younger kiddo as our next mayor. It’s got to be historic in many ways.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Following up on my short thread yesterday, another reason I’m excited is because I think it will be transformative to have a renter, car-free transit-rider, and mom of a younger kiddo as our next mayor. It’s got to be historic in many ways.
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Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.
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I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
SPD out here on Northgate shutting down the taco stand between 8th and Roosevelt due to "multiple licensing and health code violations" that they wouldn't provide anymore info about.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
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As a pedestrian, I gotta say the amount of cars that drive at me while I'm in a crosswalk is a way bigger problem than a bike or scooter on the sidewalk. Way more frequent too.
They don't stop or some will start accelerating right at you. Just stop for 10 more seconds.
They don't stop or some will start accelerating right at you. Just stop for 10 more seconds.
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As a pedestrian, I gotta say the amount of cars that drive at me while I'm in a crosswalk is a way bigger problem than a bike or scooter on the sidewalk. Way more frequent too.
They don't stop or some will start accelerating right at you. Just stop for 10 more seconds.
They don't stop or some will start accelerating right at you. Just stop for 10 more seconds.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
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(3) Pollsters like to test messages with captured audiences who are being paid to pay attention. That isn’t reality. It’s pretend.
No such circumstances exist outside of their experimental settings.
The fight over attention is the central fulcrum point of contemporary politics.
No such circumstances exist outside of their experimental settings.
The fight over attention is the central fulcrum point of contemporary politics.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(3) Pollsters like to test messages with captured audiences who are being paid to pay attention. That isn’t reality. It’s pretend.
No such circumstances exist outside of their experimental settings.
The fight over attention is the central fulcrum point of contemporary politics.
No such circumstances exist outside of their experimental settings.
The fight over attention is the central fulcrum point of contemporary politics.
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Best I can do is a walkway next to parked cars.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Best I can do is a walkway next to parked cars.
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so lower the fuckin' barriers to access, Rob.
this city is almost fuckin' *uniquely* hostile to street food in a way that impoverishes our culture and destroys possibilities, Rob.
this city seethingly hates visible culture on a policy level, maybe you could aim to fuckin' fix that, Rob.
this city is almost fuckin' *uniquely* hostile to street food in a way that impoverishes our culture and destroys possibilities, Rob.
this city seethingly hates visible culture on a policy level, maybe you could aim to fuckin' fix that, Rob.
Unpermitted street vending "afflicts many areas of the city," Rob Saka said in a meeting just now.
Is this "issue" something FOX news is pushing or something? Has all the hallmarks of a moral panic.
Is this "issue" something FOX news is pushing or something? Has all the hallmarks of a moral panic.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
so lower the fuckin' barriers to access, Rob.
this city is almost fuckin' *uniquely* hostile to street food in a way that impoverishes our culture and destroys possibilities, Rob.
this city seethingly hates visible culture on a policy level, maybe you could aim to fuckin' fix that, Rob.
this city is almost fuckin' *uniquely* hostile to street food in a way that impoverishes our culture and destroys possibilities, Rob.
this city seethingly hates visible culture on a policy level, maybe you could aim to fuckin' fix that, Rob.
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If Bruce Harrell squeaks out a win in two weeks, I for one will never forget the contempt that he readily showed for wide swaths of the city in service of doing it.
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If Bruce Harrell squeaks out a win in two weeks, I for one will never forget the contempt that he readily showed for wide swaths of the city in service of doing it.
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It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.
December 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.
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Katie Wilson, like many of us (including me) has struggled to pay the bills IN THIS CENTURY. I think people find it relatable that she has actually experienced Seattle's affordability challenges, which Harrell, as someone who has been very wealthy for decades, has not.
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Katie Wilson, like many of us (including me) has struggled to pay the bills IN THIS CENTURY. I think people find it relatable that she has actually experienced Seattle's affordability challenges, which Harrell, as someone who has been very wealthy for decades, has not.
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I was deeply involved in the development of the People Streets & Public Spaces element and its vision of a pedestrian plaza at the heart of every neighborhood. If a handful of business interests take the entire PSPS budget, I will be livid.
SDOT Plans ‘Tactical Urbanism’ on Occidental Avenue Ahead of World Cup » The Urbanist
# Occidental Avenue is the first major
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October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I was deeply involved in the development of the People Streets & Public Spaces element and its vision of a pedestrian plaza at the heart of every neighborhood. If a handful of business interests take the entire PSPS budget, I will be livid.