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I did some research on this based on Crystal Mountain SNOTEL data, and it very likely would be coming as snow if this were 20 years ago.
Temperatures there are up 3-4º on average since the ‘90s.
Temperatures there are up 3-4º on average since the ‘90s.
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I did some research on this based on Crystal Mountain SNOTEL data, and it very likely would be coming as snow if this were 20 years ago.
Temperatures there are up 3-4º on average since the ‘90s.
Temperatures there are up 3-4º on average since the ‘90s.
If Carmel, Indiana (population: 99,757) can pull off a European-style Christmas Market with free open entry, sip-and-stroll glühwein, and excellent, fairly-priced food vendors, then so can Spokane.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If Carmel, Indiana (population: 99,757) can pull off a European-style Christmas Market with free open entry, sip-and-stroll glühwein, and excellent, fairly-priced food vendors, then so can Spokane.
I went to a fantastic one in (of all places) Carmel, Indiana the other day. Free open entry. Walk around with a glühwein. All sorts of excellent foot vendors. Cool real German handcrafted gifts. It was so cold but so fun.
December 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I went to a fantastic one in (of all places) Carmel, Indiana the other day. Free open entry. Walk around with a glühwein. All sorts of excellent foot vendors. Cool real German handcrafted gifts. It was so cold but so fun.
Looks like the House votes on the SPEED Act soon.
This is mostly a good package of reforms to NEPA that will make it easier and less costly to build things in this country. Please don’t let anyone tell you it’s a “rollback of environmental protections.”
This is mostly a good package of reforms to NEPA that will make it easier and less costly to build things in this country. Please don’t let anyone tell you it’s a “rollback of environmental protections.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Looks like the House votes on the SPEED Act soon.
This is mostly a good package of reforms to NEPA that will make it easier and less costly to build things in this country. Please don’t let anyone tell you it’s a “rollback of environmental protections.”
This is mostly a good package of reforms to NEPA that will make it easier and less costly to build things in this country. Please don’t let anyone tell you it’s a “rollback of environmental protections.”
Spokane’s streetcar system, circa 1923.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spokane’s streetcar system, circa 1923.
I will forever believe that “simple brick box” is the ultimate building typology. This is the Ramble Hotel in Rino, Denver.
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I will forever believe that “simple brick box” is the ultimate building typology. This is the Ramble Hotel in Rino, Denver.
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
Cars are a policy failure.
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cars are a policy failure.
lmao the Urbanist+ labeler has Will Stancil labeled as a “Carbrain"
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
lmao the Urbanist+ labeler has Will Stancil labeled as a “Carbrain"
Would you guess that this guy is speaking in opposition to algorithmic rental price fixing and in support of a tax on commercial parking?
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Would you guess that this guy is speaking in opposition to algorithmic rental price fixing and in support of a tax on commercial parking?
This is somewhat disingenuous, as not all of the city is zoned for housing, or, indeed, developable land at all.
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is somewhat disingenuous, as not all of the city is zoned for housing, or, indeed, developable land at all.
Donald Trump is officially renouncing Marjorie Taylor Greene and rescinding his endorsement.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Donald Trump is officially renouncing Marjorie Taylor Greene and rescinding his endorsement.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Fun fact: the American middle class is shrinking… because people are earning more money.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fun fact: the American middle class is shrinking… because people are earning more money.
The Director of Spokane Public Libraries, which is a department of the City of Spokane, just sent an email to cardholders suggesting they email their Councilmembers to stave off possible budget cuts.
This feels wildly inappropriate.
This feels wildly inappropriate.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Director of Spokane Public Libraries, which is a department of the City of Spokane, just sent an email to cardholders suggesting they email their Councilmembers to stave off possible budget cuts.
This feels wildly inappropriate.
This feels wildly inappropriate.
Interesting find: in 2016, when Seattle passed its $54 billion ST3 transit package, it expected:
– West Seattle and Tacoma Dome Link extensions to be under construction by now
– Stride BRT to be *OPEN* by now (!)
– Federal Way Link to have been open for a year by now
– West Seattle and Tacoma Dome Link extensions to be under construction by now
– Stride BRT to be *OPEN* by now (!)
– Federal Way Link to have been open for a year by now
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Interesting find: in 2016, when Seattle passed its $54 billion ST3 transit package, it expected:
– West Seattle and Tacoma Dome Link extensions to be under construction by now
– Stride BRT to be *OPEN* by now (!)
– Federal Way Link to have been open for a year by now
– West Seattle and Tacoma Dome Link extensions to be under construction by now
– Stride BRT to be *OPEN* by now (!)
– Federal Way Link to have been open for a year by now
Spokane voters appear to be approving a $450 million package of school and park projects, including:
✅ 2 new elementary schools, 3 renovated middle schools, 1 new high school
✅ 6+ all-weather lighted fields
✅ Indoor aquatics center
✅ 54 new playgrounds
✅ 85 new park restrooms
✅ much more!
✅ 2 new elementary schools, 3 renovated middle schools, 1 new high school
✅ 6+ all-weather lighted fields
✅ Indoor aquatics center
✅ 54 new playgrounds
✅ 85 new park restrooms
✅ much more!
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Spokane voters appear to be approving a $450 million package of school and park projects, including:
✅ 2 new elementary schools, 3 renovated middle schools, 1 new high school
✅ 6+ all-weather lighted fields
✅ Indoor aquatics center
✅ 54 new playgrounds
✅ 85 new park restrooms
✅ much more!
✅ 2 new elementary schools, 3 renovated middle schools, 1 new high school
✅ 6+ all-weather lighted fields
✅ Indoor aquatics center
✅ 54 new playgrounds
✅ 85 new park restrooms
✅ much more!
Some good news: according to @wsdot.wa.gov's June 2025 update to #waleg, Cascadia HSR development continues apace. There were some concerns that USDOT would rescind almost $50 million in federal funding provided to the program, but that hasn't happened.
Here's what WSDOT is working on this year:
Here's what WSDOT is working on this year:
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some good news: according to @wsdot.wa.gov's June 2025 update to #waleg, Cascadia HSR development continues apace. There were some concerns that USDOT would rescind almost $50 million in federal funding provided to the program, but that hasn't happened.
Here's what WSDOT is working on this year:
Here's what WSDOT is working on this year:
Friendly reminder that you can check the status of your ballot—including whether the signature has been verified and accepted—at votewa.gov.
If you lost your ballot, you can also print a replacement that you can drop in a dropbox.
If you lost your ballot, you can also print a replacement that you can drop in a dropbox.
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Friendly reminder that you can check the status of your ballot—including whether the signature has been verified and accepted—at votewa.gov.
If you lost your ballot, you can also print a replacement that you can drop in a dropbox.
If you lost your ballot, you can also print a replacement that you can drop in a dropbox.
We only built 40 million, so here’s what those prices are today instead:
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We only built 40 million, so here’s what those prices are today instead:
Here’s what the median home price would be in each state if we’d built the 98 million homes that demographic shifts suggest we’d have needed to build since 2000 to maintain a supply-demand balance:
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here’s what the median home price would be in each state if we’d built the 98 million homes that demographic shifts suggest we’d have needed to build since 2000 to maintain a supply-demand balance:
Why is Sound Transit contracting out to a private company to provide Stride BRT service (at a cost of more than $400M) instead of just running the service in-house?
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Why is Sound Transit contracting out to a private company to provide Stride BRT service (at a cost of more than $400M) instead of just running the service in-house?
