UP#223 Council Supports Zoo Garage
By City Councilmember Nick Licata. Urban Politics (UP) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape...
View ArticleUP#258 Surveillance Cameras In Parks
By City Councilmember Nick Licata. Urban Politics (UP) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape...
View ArticleUP#276 A Tale of Two Trees
By City Councilmember Nick Licata. Urban Politics (UP) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape...
View ArticleThe Future of Magnuson Park
This past Saturday, while I was addressing the Seattle Care Congress at the Greenwood Senior Center, my Legislative Aide Frank Video was participating in a half-day planning workshop at Warren G....
View ArticleA Waterfront Writers Park
On Monday, March 5th, I will participate in a public forum hosted by the Central Waterfront Committee at Seattle’s Town Hall titled “Setting the Stage: How do we create vibrant spaces for arts, culture...
View ArticleHow Should We Use Housing Levy Funds?
Because of concerns some advocates of low income housing have expressed to me about too many housing levy funds being used by the Seattle Housing Authority for the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace, on...
View ArticleGiving Peace a Dance at the Center House
Saturday was the first day of six-months celebrating the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair hosted by Seattle Center in 1962. The Century 21 Exposition drew 10 million visitors, ended in the black...
View ArticleChihuly Garden and Glass
Pacific Sun, by Dale Chihuly (Photographed by Nick Licata) As I strolled through Chihuly Garden and Glass during one of its opening celebrations recently, I was struck by the scale of Dale’s work –...
View ArticleRead With Me
I recently blogged about an inspiring public art project called the Spiral of Hope. It turns out the artist behind that project, Bryan Ohno, is also behind another art project that caught my attention:...
View ArticleBenefit for Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
After a $3,800.000 renovation that started in March of last year, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center will celebrate both its re-opening and its 40th anniversary with a special benefit this...
View ArticleJammin’ at Lavizzo Park
Last year, I was invited to speak at the opening of The Jackson Street Music History Project, which promotes youth education and historic preservation of black music traditions and culture in the...
View ArticleTuesdays & Thursdays @ City Hall
Tuesdays Every Tuesday, through September 15th, Pike Place Market Express brings the bounty of local farmers to City Hall Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you’re near the south end of downtown, this...
View ArticleLittle Free Libraries for the Waterfront?
In February, I blogged about envisioning a writers park at the water’s edge along our central waterfront. Over the weekend, I came across news of a grass roots literary idea called Little Free Library....
View ArticleRedesigning the Central Waterfront
Image from http://waterfrontseattle.org/ On Monday, July 23 the City Council will hear the recommendations of the Central Waterfront Committee about how to redesign the Downtown Seattle waterfront. The...
View ArticleTHE YESLER TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
On September 4, the City Council approved four pieces of legislation giving the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) the green light to move ahead with its 30 acre, $300 million redevelopment of Yesler...
View ArticleNew Parks Policy
The Parks Department has announced a new City policy changing the use of authority granted by the Park Exclusion Ordinance, passed by the 1997 City Council. This new policy was negotiated thanks to...
View ArticleStaffing Cultural Development & Volunteer Park
Included in the 2013-2014 City budget my colleagues and I finalized today are two staffing issues I fought for. One is the retention, though unfunded, of a full time gardener position in 2013 for the...
View ArticleGood News on Building 30
There’s good news on the renovation of Magnuson Park’s Building 30, owned by the City and managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). Click here and here to read my previous comments on...
View ArticleMagnuson Park Bldg. 11 Dispute Resolved
In early 2009, the City Council passed Ordinance 122814, authorizing the Parks and Recreation Department to enter into a lease agreement with Building 11 Investors LLC for the renovation, development...
View ArticleArt in the Park & African American Film Fest
SEATTLE’S AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL The 10th Annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival kicks off April 13th at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. It will run through April...
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