The funny German word means something like "in-between city," and it has to do with replacing the old notion of the city as central core with with a more diffuse, polycentric amalgam that contains suburb and urb. (We know! It's hard to focus on work with this kind of exciting thinking going on.) This flies in the face of pro-density dogma, so we're glad to see the Stranger hasn't turned on its own, what with Zwischenstadter Matthew Stadler coming to town. more ›

If you look at this post sometime outside business hours YouTube should have its traffic down to a managable size and actually be able to serve up a video. Right now you're screwed and there's going to be a big blank space under this. more ›

Sometimes when you're preparing for an argument you spend so much time lining up all your facts and figures and imagining every possible counter and building such a gigantic monument of persuasivness brick by logical brick that you fail to see that if you do absolutely nothing it's probable that things will go your way anyway. Dave Sucher over at the City Comforts blog suggests that the People's Waterfront Coalition may be in that very situation with regards to the viaduct. more ›

Yesterday our fearless City Council voted unanimously to make downtown taller. Under the new zoning developers will be able to build up to 30% higher which will increase the density the city. Density, of course, means that there will be more people creating more jobs, more art, more music, more everything and since people will be flocking to the city the areas surrounding us will become empty nature preserves as far as the eye can see. Financing for affordable housing that's built into the plan ensures that you'll actually be able to afford a place to live in this new metropolis. And the people were happy. more ›