Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“You can’t do that on Aurora” Chengdu, China: 48811
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don’t think city planners and architects understand cities at all if they can illustrate this type of graphic without asking the question of why that space isn’t used? Freeways are loud, unpleasant gashes in cities and the only way to create this level of vibrancy is to remove them 5437513
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Volunteer Park Cafe is great and these neighbors completely suck complaining about this But hey, I want city staff to lean into this noise thing. What is the decibels per ft that they want to achieve? Then apply it to their upzones 3957
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The City of Seattle is shutting down a cafe’s outdoor deck because the code says any outdoor dining must be 50’ away from a residential property due to noise concerns Funny, we shove all housing growth on the loudest roads our city has. I guess that noise is fine? 1223633
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The buildings exterior will last 100 years and most of the glass panels won’t be replaced for another 50 years. 0121
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is simply not true. The Seattle Library is 22 years old and will not need to replace all 10,000 windows in the next 20 years. The downtown office towers from the 1960s-1980s have not had full glass replacements and modern glass curtain wall systems are designed to last even longer 6606
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Transit oriented parking. Downtown Seattle’s Symphony Station for light rail. 3343
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The mystique! The magic! The wonder! The danger! Cars are back in Pike Place Market!! 💙 @transportation.seattle.gov 🤍 1814015
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There seems to be quite a lot of them available under $600,000 that are 2BD+ 130
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’d say it’s a combo of: - construction type (most are “highrise” even if they’re only 7 floors). And even smaller ones have to be expensive IBC instead of IRC - HOAs. 160
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Just use parallel side streets” The side streets vs the arterial: 5503
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you tell bicyclists to “use another route” then how can you justify putting all the housing there? www.king5.com/article/traf... 2242
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Moved what goalpost? I’ve been housing or nothing on this topic here forever 210
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This building in the heart of downtown is half empty and just sold for an -87% loss. What can you do with it? 23491
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In the 1990s, the state was paranoid we would lose Ken Griffey Jr and even the Mariners all together. To prove what a farce EIS’s are, the process was expedited and completed in 8 months despite it being on a brown site in a liquefaction zone. We speed up environmental review when we want to 1797
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud 1164682710
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There were nearly 400 comments under the original article and half were about accepting this as is and pedestrianizing it. But nobody cares what they have to say apparently, so Seattle Times only is going to print the pro driving comments from suburbanites and sway public opinion. 2310
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s amazing what’s possible when you abolish zoning and height limits in a city. They’ll try to scare you claiming you’ll live next to a concrete plant, but the reality is the land is worth too much so instead you get a vibrant community and a tax base for the city’s economy 6979
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026They bulldozed the Seattle Hotel to build this stupid garage 101479
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sound transit should model the new ST3 Westlake station interchange and make it on a shirt. I modeled it 1272
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One time I overlaid that old streetcar system LA had on Seattle to scale 1521327
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Forcing MHA on small infill is idiotic and if any of these people were serious they’d impose a 50% tax on SFH additions at the value of construction and home value But they’d never do that, nope, just taxing density as usual 1150
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I feel like LA would benefit more from the RER and Transilien 3401
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Mountain on the train will never get old. One nice thing about a Bellevue commute @kccclaudia.bsky.social 🙂 0340
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This 200 unit project is going up without design review and without a land use permit because it has some affordable housing in it So my question is, why does *any* project need to go through design review or obtain a land use permit? The city openly admits they are meaningless 4522
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shout out @transportreform.bsky.social and @skubly.bsky.social for making the program 0160
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Famous bumper sticker @nerd4cities.bsky.social #got99problems 0250
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There’s a bar at Town Hall? This night got better 1201
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026City of Seattle’s independent economic study reads like my broken record of advocacy on here - allow larger sixplexes - encourage larger units - speed up permits - remove parking minimums - remove MHA 5596
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Buried in @mayor.seattle.gov ‘s economic report is a shot against the planning departments attempt to undermine the state missing middle bill that legalized sixplexes in much of the city 1466
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Someone with an accordion is making my walk to the grocery store feel like it’s in an Italian city for a brief moment before I see the giant parking lot to my right 2210
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Based on their assessed value, for $3.5 million, the City of Seattle can eminent domain Sand Point and Broadmoor Country Clubs, turn them public, and unlock the 160 acres next to this station to be 20,000 homes in a dense walkable neighborhood 1212215
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026On the left is Aurora Avenue On the right is Fort Lawton Where would YOU rather live? 2316
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Planners will shove density on busy roads known as “corridor zoning” suggesting the busy road is an asset for residents. But ask anyone selling real estate and they’ll tell you “you don’t want to live on a busy road”. 610715
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Wow. Look at how big these units are, how most reach both sides of the building offering daylight and fresh air across the home. This floor plate gives another 5-10% of the area back to units to add bedrooms. The IBC is the worst building code in the world and bans this (which is legal outside NA) 6454
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Video proof to “nobody uses those bike lanes” guy that he will be happy to notice they are in good use now 0271
