Articles by Jeff Boone

A Monorail down the I-5 Corridor?
Seattle Architect Proposes An Elegant Alternative to Light Rail

Jeffrey Boone has proposed a mass transit alternative to light rail, what one might call a 21st century solution for the 21st century: run a monorail up the I-5 corridor.

When a Chain Comes to your Neighborhood, Local Stores Aren't the Only Losers

How chain stores suck the life and soul from a community, and why you should care.

New Leader Ready to Make Civic Foundation a Household Name

Following last year's blistering defeat of City Council candidates Dawn Mason and Charlie Chong, media pundits wondered what might befall Brian Livingston's Civic Foundation, a neighborhood-based political organization and self-appointed city hall watchdo

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We Drive Cars

Admiral District of West Seattle, merchants have a modest wish: parking.

City Council May Pare $223 Million PRO Parks Levy Package

Advocates of a $223 million eight-year parks levy may find it tough going to convince City Council to approve the entire funding package.

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Those Who Own Labor, Those Who Labor Rent

Housing costs, rapid transit, business subsidies and growth are all interrelated.

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Leaving the Good Earth Alone

How can we compromise between having a park to play in and an Arboretum that retains its natural feel?

Superior Court Judge Says Thornton Creek Exists Beneath Mall Parking Lot

Thornton Creek advocates won a major victory when King County Superior Court Judge Steven Scott ruled that Thornton Creek exists beneath the south parking lot of Northgate Mall. The Thornton Creek Legal Defense Fund had challenged a recent city decision t

U-District Neighbors Say Nighttime Plan for Light Rail Construction Is Too Darn Noisy

Sound Transit has asked the city for a variance from Seattle's noise ordinance but U-District residents contend that the agency's plan to control nighttime noise associated with around-the-clock tunnel construction doesn't protect neighbors from noise.

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Just Whose City Is It? Paul Schell's Anywhere, USA

Mayor Schell loves the Ballard model of a central community meeting place, but he wants the Northgate neighborhood to do without for the benefit of Simon Mall.

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Roosevelt Neighbors Pitch Parks Department for Boules Court

Resident Philip Thiel and others want to construct a Boules court in University Playfield.

Save Our Valley Files Discrimination Complaint Against Sound Transit

Save Our Valley, a community organization in Rainier Valley, has filed a complaint in United States District Court charging Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) with violation of several civil rights laws and the National Environment

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Neighbor's Clothes an Odd Fit for the City

There are 13 acres in Northgate Mall called the south parking lot. Its disposition will tell you much about where this city stands in respect to its citizens, sustainability and livability. The city can choose to take the south parking lot for a library,

Northgate Neighbors Defy Developer, Envision Civic Center On Shopping Center's South Parking Lot

Northgate neighbors think new city investment in the area could give Northgate the town square it needs; they're counting on a brand-new library and community center to form the core of a civic campus in Northgate's retail ghetto. And they have a site in

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Aquarium Redevelopment Pits Citizen Against Citizen: Is There Room for a View?

Can Jim Clarke, the Executive Director of the Seattle Aquarium Society, understand what Piers 62 and 63 mean to Jeanine Armstrong, a mom who lives in a small apartment on the crowded downtown edge of Capitol Hill, a neighborhood that boasts scarcely a tre